Blackberry

Blackberry

BFK Rives dyed with blackberry and modified gives a varied palette of colour: from the bottom, NM, + vinegar, + washing soda, + copper, + …

 

Four Sample Books

Four Sample Books

Samples of Dyer’s Chamomile, Sumac Leaves and Bark and Dark Hollyhock Flowers with modifiers

 

Coreopsis Solar Dyed

Coreopsis Solar Dyed

Amazing colour from these little flower heads and interesting with the modifiers

 

Walnut overdyed with Indigo

Walnut overdyed with Indigo

I think this is going to be one of my favourite colour combinations  

 

Indigo

Indigo

 

 

Ditchling Workshop June 17th

Ditchling Workshop June 17th

A busy but fun day at Ditchling with  Jenny Dean where we set up 4 dye pots this time: Logwood (Purple), Sappanwood (pink red) and …

 

Log Book : Elm Bark

Log Book : Elm Bark

A small sample book of paper dyed with elm bark   Curiously, two weeks later dyed another elm bark book and got shades of pink – possibly …

 

Log book 1

Log book 1

All the papers from the cutch and rhubarb root dye pots sewn in to one block

 

Weld colour

Weld colour

A zesty yellow from garden weld, harvesting early June.    

 

Rhubarb Root

Rhubarb Root

wool and cotton dyed with rhubarb root from my garden: (L-R) no modifier, +alkali, +copper, +iron

 
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