#plantbasedink

Using tea and coffee to dye paper and also to paint with can be fun. I used card stock and regular strength coffee and tea. First I soaked the papers in water with some alum dissolved in it for a few hours. After they dried I soaked some in tea and some in coffee for a few hours. The tea made a warm brown and the coffee was grayer. When I painted with each, however, you can see that the colors look very similar. Have you tried this? Am hoping to work with more plant based inks and dyes over the next few weeks I find it takes a lot of time, space, and energy as you have to keep heating things…. #plantbased #plantbaseddye #plantbasedink #coffee #tea #dyedpaper #naturalink https://www.instagram.com/p/CbnU3zELBFJ/?utm_medium=tumblr

Meanwhile the startup has already raiseed $29M to begin large-scale pilot factory and sales later this year. We’re curious to try these tender prints for ourselves.