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the soft green fabrics are from the (purple) lupine flowers (the linen on the bottom of the pile was beige to start). they are actually more green than shows here, i think. the yellow fabrics are from the lupine leaves. always a surprise to see what colours you get.
I'm using approximately a 1:1 ratio by weight of dyestuff to fibre (well, technically 4:5 since I added another 15 grammes or so of yarn to the final weight). This madder soaked overnight in an old jam jar before I brought it up to temp this morning.
Each time I've dyed with madder, it's frothed, either during wet pulverisation, or in the dye pot. Not entirely certain why.
Mike Hills will present a program on herbal dye plants that he helped Jane Haynes prepare and present to the Herb Society of America Annual Meeting in 2006. Great details and information on the history of plants used for dyeing fabric, leather, basketry, etc. Many of Jane's beautiful plant-dyed samples will be on hand for discussion and observation. Jane has made a study of the colors that can be created from our Arizona garden and native plants, since she moved here in the 1970's. With the aid of mordants, and the proper natural materials, the range of colors available will astound you.
Dyer Sailing Dinghy in very nice condition. All original bronze hardware, nice crisp sail, and Shaw and Tenney oars. Would make a very fun boat to learn to sail on or use as a dinghy.
these are the famous or infamous Dyer Dhows that make up the sailing fleet at Mystic Seaport.. They have been used as trainers for many years.
Mary Dyer sat in the rain just waiting for me to drop by on my first trip to Boston this afternoon. Her inscription says, "Mary Dyer - Quaker - Witness for Religious Freedom - Hanged on Boston Common 1660 - "My life not availeth me in comparison to the liberty of the truth."
What looks like a plastic toy is actually a so-called dyeing dart frog (auf Deutsch: Färberfrosch). Originally from Brazil, Suriname & Guyana.
Part of the Aquarium set.
After exploring the soaking wet lab at Neversink, I was delighted to stumble upon a few dry ones! Neversink Dye Company was one of the largest commercial dye manufacturers in the world. Their dyes colored everything from plastics and ceramics to food and clothing. The massive compound was closed when production was moved to St. Louis. Shot with a Panasonic 20mm.
a gall from the nurude tree, a tree in the sumac family, it seems.....these galls are called gobaishi and were traditionally used for blackening the teeth as well as dyeing and various other things. They are high in tannin, which makes them a great dyestuff when used with an iron mordant.
1. My two yellows, 2. Silk soaking overnight in Alum mordant, 3. Annatto Seeds, 4. Soaking Annatto Seeds, 5. Yellow Onion Skins, 6. Yellow Onion Skins Soaking, 7. Annatto Seed Front Burner, Onion Skins Rear Burner, 8. Silk in Annatto Seed Dye Bat, 9. Silk in Yellow Onion Skins Dye Bath, 10. Silk in Yellow Onion Skins Dye Bath, 11. Silk in Yellow Onion Skin Dye Bath12. Not available
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Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, in the former offices of the Rosamund Woollen Company; Almonte, Ontario.
I created these for a 13th birthday party..but it really brought out the 13 year old in me when I made them! ♥
Took this in 2006, just after the Greenwood family closed their fifth-generation family business. The plant is now being used by a boat builder, cider maker and a chocolatier, with hopes for some small manufacturing as well. I helped put together a piece on Globe that you can check out here:
hiddencityphila.org/2012/01/dye-job-a-massive-factory-mak...