Food Dye, Watercolors, testing on Bacterial celullose

 

Started with a thick wet sheet of bacterial cellulose, I washed it with lukewarm water and added some watercolors.

Then added some food dye to next to the watercolor, I purchased this food dyes from Amazon, there were very inexpensive were absorbed by the bacterial cellulose very fast.

I added some glow in the dark pigment, I do not recommend the brand as I did not see any results. I have purchased glow in the dark pigment that would result in very vibrant colors. Unfortunately this one was not visible at all. Also, the box states that is highly toxic.

Lastly  I added some gold flakes just to see if they would stick to the cellulose, they did!

Wet on the left , Dry on the right.

***The only issue I'm encountering is the that the sheets are drying and becoming very stiff.

Food Coloring on Bacterial Celulose

June 16 

Using the colorful scoby as a base I added some blue dyes. I'm really curious about the dry result.

RESULT:

June 22

The food dye is super strong and the scoby absorb it really well. Didn't left any residue on my fingers.