Making a Dye, Pigment & Paint out of Bamboo

This video covers how to make a dye, lake pigment, and oil paint out of a bamboo plant.
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[@chrisreed3022]

Wonderful. You strike a great balance between technical know-how and self evident wonder at what you make and what you see. Artistry at it's best. Compelling and informative. Great stuff. Thank you.

[@michgn7072]

I’ve been researching for this information and you just made ny day. I’ve been investigating for this recipe everywhere but there is only information for natural dyes, thank you so much for this video ✨💕

[@8433alice]

Thank you for this incredibly clear and thorough lesson!!

[@miasstuff1948]

Thank you for making these fabulous videos! I love to experiment myself and love how you’ve included all steps including failures and successes. Great work, I’m a fan! 😃🤗

[@sterhh100]

Great! Thank you very much! Me too making paint ,with eggs and Lin oil,,,, Greetings from Estonia 🇪🇪!

[@francesca333]

A great book for dye is India Flints....also you should make sure folks know NOT to use pots for food after, can be poisonous. You can actually get a red from Bamboo shoots.

[@xXxjjTHEjetPLANEXxXx]

I put my peach leaves in a double boiler so I could use the pan for food again later

[@mariewintzer2245]

Great! I'm looking forward to trying this with watercolor. Thank you!

[@matheusmartino7747]

In the end can't you make pigments with just anything?

[@bryanotero123]

im sure anyone dude or girl can do this, This knowledge is useful

[@benjamin_agu]

Has anyone found a book about pigments?

[@miasstuff1948]

“Chromatopia: An Illustrated History of Colour” 2018, authored by David Coles, published by Thames and Hudson. 🤗

[@sanjayjogdand9102]

Thanks that you have added material list,so that if I don't understand accent,I can reffer list. Please give subtitles.

[@sanjayjogdand9102]

Thanks!

[@Stellzilla]

this is so awesome!

[@john-allenduskglass3193]

so very cool

[@pixelwolke7830]

Life hack you can "burn/dehydrate" the rest and use it as black or brown

[@unSeife]

can you make pigment out of dandelions?

[@blubberboy1897]

Don't think so. But you can make a pretty nice tea from the stems or roots.

[@indigodande7542]

Yes you can and I did ;) it comes out like a golden ochre chartreuse. You can also use it for spices and tea.

[@rebekah-chriss-k4872]

Yes you can

[@eqlzr2]

Thumbs up for a nice demo of dye and paint making. Thumbs down for trying to cut a thick bamboo stalk with hand pruning shears.

[@NadaMakes1]

I deserve that!

[@jyot3950]

ty dear for sharing ur style..do you have other pigment recipes too.plz share,ty

[@mypkamax]

This recipe should be in Minecraft!

[@mypkamax]

And I have one question. What is the golden yellow liquid left from boiled bamboo called? And is it poisonous?

[@NadaMakes1]

Just bamboo tea! I dont think its toxic but I also wouldnt drink it lol

[@chanchan-ct9xl]

Yo yo like Minecraft me to

[@controlcontrol1829]

Amazing !

[@NadaMakes1]

Thanks!

[@sarazkhatib592]

برافو ندونة.

[@larainebuchan-preece5270]

Hello I am experimenting with this now but seem to have no fizz or foam what do you think I may have done wrong??? Thanks so much!!!

[@divyasharma5242]

can you use baking soda instead of washing soda?

[@spiroch2187]

Really interresting and awesome videos i really like it that you really make pigments and dont use the liquid like the most and say thats it thats my color😏😁

[@NadaMakes1]

lmao I aim to please

[@emmanew3226]

I think you used too much oil, but it came out great. Thanks for this!

[@NadaMakes1]

I did use too much oil! thanks

[@echo7798]

Don't these natural pigments fade out after a while?

[@AuntieHauntieGames]

I wonder if a color more true to what we see in the leaves could be achieved by pressing and drying the leaves (rather than boiling them to extract the chlorophyll), then grinding them in a mortar and pestle until they are a fine dry powder?

[@NadaMakes1]

Thats a great point! I admit I havent really explored grinding down the source material first

[@AuntieHauntieGames]

@@NadaMakes1 Thanks. I do imagine it would take a lot of time to get it into a fine enough powder though, so maybe that is why people do it this way. XD

[@robertyoung8871]

Have you thought about making paint out of mushroom spores?

[@lici5209]

How long did you mule (is that the right word?) the pigment in the oil for? Some pigments do take a looooong time until fully spread in the oil to make the best possible paint out of them.

[@NadaMakes1]

I dont think I mull them enough! Maybe 3 minutes or so, probably not great what I did

[@johnklimas5162]

Could you try to make a pigment and paint out of madder root?

[@sanjay-ov4fs]

What is the white powder you kept

[@endangpujia2952]

What material do you use to make bamboo dye

[@lizvanwyk6809]

I would have blended the leaves and then strained it to see if I could have had a more rich color

[@NadaMakes1]

Thats a really great idea, thank you!

[@smatt566]

Great work! i really enjoy your videos, what happens if you make the leaves a mush with something? Also, do you speak other languaje? It turnes out really fun to discover the final color 😄

[@NadaMakes1]

Im glad youre enjoying the videos! Mushing things is def a good idea I speak english, french and arabic but not well enough to subtitle lol

[@smatt566]

@@NadaMakes1 i'm wainting for new experiments! I speak native spanish And english. Blessings from Argentina!

[@TsetsiStoyanova]

can you dye fabric with this pigment?

[@NadaMakes1]

I havent tried but im sure you can! Just skip the washing soda and just use alum then dip the textile into it

[@phillipstroll7385]

So why wouldn't you just allow water to evaluate and use what's left as a pigment

[@NadaMakes1]

There wouldnt be much left unfortunately since it was a dye!

[@phillipstroll7385]

@@NadaMakes1 well that explains it. So when it's a dye one needs to use alum and wash powder, but when it is a pigment one doesn't? Is that correct? I really get a kick out of your videos.

[@endangpujia2952]

What powder do you add bamboo dye

[@misshoovers_9123]

Alum and baking soda

[@mingmarlama4887]

Is it consumable and can I turn this in powder form

[@NadaMakes1]

I wouldnt consume it tbh! And yes you can keep it in pigment form by just not adding oil or anything else after its dry

[@ashhhyep]

idc I am just here because I wanna learn how those Indian guys made a green paint out of leaves

[@akashbalaji3781]

Can u make natural pigment using beetroot

[@NadaMakes1]

I have a video where I did it but it failed, kinda been putting off uploading it :(

[@eqlzr2]

Note to self. Don't try to cut through a thick branch with a pair of snippers. ;-)

[@bbgn4524]

what you put after powder?

[@NadaMakes1]

Just the powder :) alum followed by washing soda then filter the result

[@thatswhatshesaid.literally737]

😍👍👍😁

[@rociorugama193]

That music no need is da da

[@ElectricalExistence]

Lol, "pliers", those are hand shears for shrubs.

[@fikrinaziha5636]

all i need is subtitle please?!

[@harrisonhaverly3516]

you can get them yourself, use a video translation website (votch.tv or a similar one)

[@DillonJThomas]

I heart chlorophyll