An Investigation into Eco-Printing Techniques on Cotton Using Different Mordants

Abstract

Aim of the Study: This study involves application and assessment of the eco-printing of guava and eucalyptus leaves on cotton fabric. On cotton fabric, it is applied using steaming techniques, boiling techniques and madder mordant. Leaves printed on cloth were used to assess the results of steaming techniques, boiling technique and madder mordant. Alum, ferrous oxide, and madder mordants were used to pre-mordant the cloth.

Methodology: In this study, two independent variables were investigated: 100% cotton fabric and eucalyptus and guava leaves. This research is based on quantitative data. This is an experimental study. Various eco-printing techniques were used on cotton cloth. The leaves of eucalyptus (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) guava (Psidium guajava) and 100% cotton cloth were used in the experiment. The experimentation sample size in this study is five pieces of 8 by 10-inch cotton cloth.

Findings: The result revealed that guava had a dark green print with detailed printed veins of leaves, and the reverse of the guava leaf also revealed a result of the dark green outline of the leaf, but the eucalyptus was faded. The iron mordant with steaming technique showed black outlines of eucalyptus and guava leaves with fading eucalyptus and guava colors. The result of eucalyptus and guava leaves was dark green as a steaming technique with alum and iron mordant. Colors are leaking outside the boundaries of leaf impressions on eucalyptus and guava. The rolling process, followed by boiling with madder mordant, produced clear and light tones of equal red hues of leaves, with detailed prints of guava leaves and appropriate outlines and colors of eucalyptus leaves.

Conclusion: To conclude, "Eco-Printing" is the study of nature, its qualities, and how to effectively employ them in an artistic creation. Plants must go through a process that involves interacting with rodents in order to obtain the pigments that go with their prints. The ideal plants to use in eco-printing are determined by a researcher via practice and study. After testing with the leaves and blossoms of several plants, guava leaves produced satisfactory results.