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CN L517 was on a pretty good roll, so I didn't have enough time to get up to the overpass east of the CSX diamond at Dyer. You'll have to settle for this broadside instead.
From the 2010 Maiwa Natural Dyes workshop. Some of the samples.
wool
mordant alum 15%
and then a variety of natural dyes - see some of the detail photos for dyes used.
This man is giving an indigo-dyeing demo. Next to him on the platform are the paraphernalia he uses and cloths he's dyed.
All parts of the indigo plant are put into clay pots like the one in front of him and the dye extracted. The dyeing process itself involves wringing the coth in a specific way, as he is in this photograph, to distribute the dye evenly. The more number of times you dye the cloth, the darker it becomes.
The dyed cloth is dried and burnished using smooth, round stones passed on through generations. Depending on where and how the indigo is grown, the dye can have a green or purple tinge.
This man had made a woman's face mask out of a cotton cloth that after dyeing with green-tinged indigo and burnishing for three days, looked like moss-green, beautiful, shiny silk.
I ordered an some indigo dye online. This weekend my friend and I dyed some shirts and other misc items. Cover my whole backyard fence. Super rad. Can't wait to wear it. I highly recommend you try it.
These may become the radiant colours of saris and salwars. In the bokeh one can discover a banana stand. Seen in the market hall of Pondicherry, India.
208 North Cantril Street, Castle Rock, Colorado
National Register 12/13/2016, 5DA.653
"Located in Castle Rock’s Craig and Gould neighborhood, the Samuel Dyer House was built ca. 1875 with historic additions constructed through 1932. The house is an important example of local Queen Anne-style design, which tended to be simpler in design and detail than those found in other communities. The large multi-parcel lot also features several historic outbuildings, including an ice house (ca. 1875), chicken coop/garage (ca. 1875 with 1914 addition), and barn (ca. 1890), a once common configuration of properties in Castle Rock’s early years. Over time, many of these larger properties have been lost when lots were sold and the outbuildings were removed to construct additional residences"--Description from the History Colorado website.
Silk hankies drying. These are layers of individual silk cocoons stretched out and layered in the square "hankie" shapes. To spin you pull off a layer, poke a hole in it, and stretch it until it is the grist of the yarn you want to spin. You can even knit it without spinning it first. Silk is so strong, you definitely get a workout stretching out the fibers.
Students make tie dye spirit towels for Homecoming during Getting Groovy with Tie Dye on Chamberlain Field, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019.