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Winterbourne Dye Project Blog

Oak

23/2/2015

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From left - right:

Standard colour, acid modifier, alkali modifier, on copper mordant, iron modifier.


Next dyeing day:  Thursday

We will be dyeing with fig:
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Beech and ivy:

The fig prunings have been soaking for a couple of weeks now and the water is looking, well, scummy, but there is no colour.  The oak, which has leaves attached, has been soaking for just a few days, and the ivy will be chopped straight into the dye bath without prior soaking.
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