Woad Part 2 | Blue Indigo Extraction

In this episode I continue my work with the woad that I have been growing by extracting the indigo from the fresh leaves of the plant. I also try out a modified medieval recipe for a blue pigment made from woad and chalk.
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[@melissaaldosari8024]

This just amazes me! It really makes me wonder how medieval people were able to learn all the processes it takes to make pigments and turn them into paint! Thank you!

[@darthkurai]

Wow, the color of that chalk pigment is far more intense than I would expect, great work!

[@Smannsan]

Looking forward to part 3. Hope it comes out soon :)

[@AnimeShinigami13]

Had to rewind this a couple of times because I had to tend to my own projects. I actually made a bit of a mess with my dye pot. My mistake was not assuming that all yuccas regardless of species were surfactant in some fashion. And so my dye pot boiled over and scattered yucca and water all over the stove. *sigh*

[@kylesteele9403]

My suggestion for aerating, throw it in a jug and just shake it like crazy. Burp it every so often to give it some fresh air, great if you don't have a vaccum pump on hand

[@faramund9865]

Curious to see the woad ball processing.

[@youruncleolaf4694]

that was part one, only thing that's happened since is drying which doesn't do much

[@nadeaner.cowley513]

Wow super interesting! Cute kitty!

[@surendersingal2192]

Thank you sir, for this color production demo out of green plants

[@cherylburkitt9722]

Very cool.. beautiful shades of blue ❤

[@ryanembry9875]

What a pretty color! Very much like a Prussian blue, especially in the oil paint. And all from some weeds, so cool

[@AntonMarkwart-gi4up]

"Cool colors going on..." Ha! Because they're blue. Clever.

[@conniebueche3989]

This is so cool!

[@Mass_Tone]

That was awesome man

[@zviadimeqvabishvili2155]

Thank you! Wery nice pigment.

[@Vermiliontea]

While the named colour tends to be perceived as different today (less green), the colour name 'Azur Blue' was originally applied to the colour of commercial paint that was composed of 1 part of Indigo to 100 parts of "white", (? probably chalk). Almost immediately, the Indigo was replaced by Prussian Blue that was invented at the time, now in the proportion of 1 to 144 parts of "white". The word "Azure" itself, of course, comes from Persian and Arabic words for "Blue" via Roman/latin trade and influence. And this comment of mine was brought to you because I reacted to the text in that old manuscript, which predates that 'Azure Blue' by centuries. So 'Azure' was obviously used in English for pale blues long before.

[@lyrebird9749]

Azzurro is an Italian word meaning light (or pale) blue. Their national football team are known as Azzurri.

[@brenmatthews8491]

I am not really sure how you would/could do this, but it would be really cool to see a video of you trying to make the extinct pigment PO49 Quinacridone Gold. It is my favorite pigment ❤️

[@nyanachase7741]

This was soo interesting! I launched a self taught dyeing business years ago. I read alot about indigo vats..but cant recall details now. I was thinking of making a vat..as I read about..to live on my back porch. I abandoned the endeavor the more I learned about base dyes vs acid. I was using acid on protein fiber. Which required heat to set. I liked the idea of no heat dyeing..esp in summers. But when I worked with it I discovered just how powerful and caustic base is. Where I spilled it on my counters it ate the pattern off. Oven cleaner is base. If you maintain a swimming pool or hot tub you learn about ph. I bought a ph reader off ebay..for $15 or $20 that works today and I used it every day for years. Amazing gadget. No more trying to fiddle with litmus papers. Anyway my questions are: do you know the ph of this extraction? Are commercial wc preparations ph neutral? Will it degrade paper or canvas like it did my counter top? I actually have loads of acid dyes left over from my business and have made wc from them..never bothered to test the ph..but my wc are for personal use. Sorry for the long post. Also I thought I read wherewoad is an invasive weed ? ButI am in the US. Somehow I found a local map online of woad locations. Amazing! I love dyeing and working with pigments and colors so deeply. Very satisfying work. Thank you for sharing! Looking forward to viewing more from u!

[@joannebishop3295]

does woad smell bad?

[@fijaystudio]

Fascinating. It's like making soap! Except for soap you add fats to the water and err - use oils and so on rather than the orig plant matter...

[@youruncleolaf4694]

im watching this video to make blue dye for soap, i'm confused what you mean? soap is certainly simpler than this, in short it's just add lye to water and add lye water to oil (/fats if you're using fat instead of oil). i'm mainly confused because you don't put oil in water, or anything for that matter because you put the lye water in the oil and definitely not the other way around. you also can use plant matter, for example beet juice to make it pink or lime zest. do we just have very different experiences in making soap or?

[@fijaystudio]

@@youruncleolaf4694 Start with pigments, adding oil or water to them to get types of dyes. And soap can be cold process or hot process, but you can add lye water to oil because of the heat without any separation. In fact, the opposite happens, sometimes you try to do cold process(which oddly still uses heat) and it seizes on you and you have to switch to hot process

[@franciscotomasini]

Great video, but i didnt understand why the liquid became Orange at 11:35. All these names and processes confuses me, but still, awesome transformation!!

[@ΝικόλαοςΚαλλές]

I liked it .... thank you

[@aim1578]

Can we use Stone/marble/granite slab as a watercolor paint muller other than glass? How to make it work if it's possible?

[@samihage1223]

Can I find the book on Amazon? Can you show the book cover please

[@elena_zavalinka]

Help me! Please help me 🙏 ! A have grew my woad. A have smashed the leaves. A have heat them. And add some baking soda as alkaline. Only green colour, not any blue colour at all. Not any orange colour, only green. A have aerate in with air some. But no any blue colour at all. What did i do wrong?

[@lyrebird9749]

Have you tried dyeing fabric with the beautiful blue you got from the woad?

[@Bearfoot-e3e]

I processed some woad powder I bought on Amazon, it's like for natural hair dye, and strained it through a large white cloth, kind of like a big bandana, and no amount of bleaching has been able to get it back to white. It's not vivid really but it is unmistakably blue.

[@vickyymaca]

Hola me encanta el canal pero esos dos químicos no hay otra forma de reemplazar? Son bien tóxicos.

[@lorenrenee1]

It poured in green and filtered out to orange lol😅

[@TarotLadyLissa]

would a piece of fry ice plopped in produce more oxidation?

[@thecurrentmoment]

Dry ice is carbon dioxide isn't it, or releases it?

[@zombieseedz3890]

What dye books would u recommend?

[@rafaelzucato-atelierkenosi8390]

can you make true vermilion, please

[@samihage1223]

How much did you put of potassium hydroxide? The chalk is it the powder calcium? Is that an air machine?

[@izabelachagas7874]

So nice! Did you made the watercolor with the lake pigment in paste or powder form?

[@TheAlchemicalArts]

I dried the pigment first then made the watercolour from there

[@izabelachagas7874]

@@TheAlchemicalArts thank u for answer me!

[@nololkiez9859]

Спасибо!

[@samihage1223]

Can I use red cabbage

[@Bearfoot-e3e]

It works, it's not woad but it makes pigment, kinda hit and miss on the color at first. It could be more blue or greenish depending on how much alum or soda ash, I don't know the ratios.

[@VikingMakery]

How are the woad balls?

[@samihage1223]

Can I use this in soap coloring

[@Bearfoot-e3e]

There's a video of someone testing it on KZbin.

[@l0I0I0I0]

What type of Indigo plant did you use? TY btw!

[@Skipperau]

Woad plant

[@jenevievesawatzky8766]

Can you use xanthan gum in replacement of gum arabic?

[@TheAlchemicalArts]

No it won't really do the same job

[@watrgrl2]

Lmao! I could never get any craft or art projects done when I had cats! I loved my cats, they were like children to me. Endless company whether I wanted it or not and endless entertainment along with a touch of consternation, an amazing amount of grief and sadness when they moved on to kitty heaven, many sleepless nights and inability to ever sleep in past 6 am ( they find endless modes and behaviors all designed to have the effect of getting me from a state of obtundity to being able to walk to the kitchen and profer an appropriate cat breakfast! ) I could never play my instruments, make jewelry, draw or paint, or watch KZbin for that matter without constant interruption and the ultimate cat blocade. I would still love a cat. Despite all that trouble.

[@Vermiliontea]

The method you aerated it with is not effective. Too small surface area. It would probably work better to just splash around. Or pour it back and forth between vessels, through something with many small holes.

[@dawnchesbro4189]

Or one of those milk frothers. But pouring from great height also works, like Turkish coffee.

[@ArcaneNiles17]

A whisk could of also worked. Like making whipped cream.

[@youruncleolaf4694]

someone else suggested shaking it in a jar and burping it for fresh air a few times between shaking

[@Thuggle_Bus]

Those are horribly written directions lol

[@evelyndiaz3018]

Amo tu Contenido, por favor continua enseñando. Te deseo lo mejor y te mando saludos desde Argentina, Buenos Aires.

[@killmimes]

Where did you find a hard copy of the book????