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Mary Barrett Dyer (c. 1611[1] — June 1, 1660) was an English Puritan turned Quaker who was hanged in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony (now in present-day Massachusetts), for repeatedly defying a Puritan law banning Quakers from the colony.[2] She is one of the four executed Quakers known as the Boston martyrs.
"Nay, I came to keep bloodguiltiness from you, desireing you to repeal the unrighteous and unjust law made against the innocent servants of the Lord. Nay, man, I am not now to repent." - Mary Dyers last words.
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The color of the two on the sides didn't come out great in picture, but at least this picture finally captures the color of the angel hair dye. The angel hair and the corridale on the right were both dyed with pretty much the same dye -- half a packet of cherry pomegranite crystal light -- and look how different their colors came out. I'm curious to see how much of the color difference can be attributed to their being different fibers (the angel hair is a superwash merino, the corridale is fawn ecru corridale) and how much of it is different fiber-being-dyed amounts (as you can see, the angel hair is probably an ounce, while the corridale was 20 ounces. Big difference). The corridale on the left was dyed with a combination of Crystal Light lemonade and cherry pomigranite. I was going to dye it just with the lemonade, but the color didn't seem to come out well (the fiber was kind of yellow-ish to begin with), so I started mixing in cherry pomigranite. It looks almost undyed in the picture, but there is some color to it in real life -- still, might re-dye it tomorrow. Not enthralled with the color. Or I might just spin it with the pure cherry pomigranite and do a candy-cane-ish thing. Not sure yet.
So I heard iPoly dye would have been a better option for dyeing doll parts ever since RIT changed its formula and I finally got around to testing this theory. I decided to just follow the instructions since I wanted to see the extremes of this first before I try messing with it.
I got the powder version and there was only “Brown” instead of RIT’s expansive range of tan and browns and stuff. I basically boiled a pot of water and dumped in the liquid packet and the brown powder and let it get to a rolling boil, and then dumped in the parts and turned off the heat. I let the pieces soak for about two hours before taking them out and rinsing off under running water for a few minutes.
The parts I used was a vintage Midge head, a Korea Malibu Barbie, a 1974 Hair Fair Barbie, very yellowed Mod era straight arms and legs with a still pink Twist and Turn torso, Fashionista Nikki, Director Barbie head and Barbie Style Raquelle. The modern heads were just there so I could see how theyd work on modern dolls.
A few things to note. Holy crap, the colour is SO much more vibrant and works WAY more quickly than RIT dye has worked for both my Allan and Francie dye projects. To contrast and compare, this is two hours worth of soaking, while RIT dye took over 12 hours yet my Allan and Francie dolls are still relatively light toned.
Another thing to note is that iPoly actually dyes hair fibres, which RIT dyeing has NEVER done, so I was really surprised since every attempt at RIT dye often leaves blonde hair as is. If there was some way of protecting the vinyl, I would love try dyeing some blonde hair to be darker lol.
ALSO IPOLY DYE WORKS ON HARD PLASTICS. I’m sooooooooo very shocked that I was able to get that peachy light skintone as dark as it is cuz RIT dye has absolutely no effect on hard plastic.
If I were to do this again, I would dye the torso separately first then gently dip the other parts intermittently until they were the same tones.
I’ll report back in a week if these parts though lol.
This was a fun Sharpie Tie Dye project from Char at Crap I've Made. www.crapivemade.com/2010/08/sharpie-tie-dye-t-shirts.html
We had a blast doing it! I blogged about it here twincess.blogspot.com/2010/09/sharpie-tie-dye.html
Another young specimen of this velvet-top fungus, Phaeolus schweinitzii, in the New Forest. It's name derives from the use of the bright yelow dye for colouring wool and other fabrics. As it ages, the colour, and dye, becomes shades of brown. It is parasitic on the roots of conifers.
A salesman in the Devraja Urs Market in Mysore, Karnataka.
The dyes add colour to the south Indian market, and are popular with locals and tourists. More photographs by Stuart Forster can be viewed at www.whyeyephotography.com.
Mango drying on racks
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Last night's activities :) More info on my blog:
foxtailcreekstudio.blogspot.com/2009/10/wool-dyeing-with-...
A lab at Neversink Dye. The roof had leaked so bad above the lab that there was a 2 inch sheet of ice on the floor below and a constand flow of new water seeping in from the melting snow above. 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.
post-dye set-up: two chairs with some line between them to hang the parts on until they're completely dry.
I laid down plastic bags and an old towel on top of them to protect the floor
Sometimes your friends are better titlers than you are...
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Noah "Noé" Dyer speaking with reporters at a campaign announcement for David Garcia for Governor of Arizona at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix, Arizona.
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