... oh! Exciting news! .... my woad seeds have sprouted ... so we are all on nightly slug patrol to stop the slimy blighters eating my stash. Huge thank you to Claire Wellesley-Smith for introducing me to this fascinating process!
Sunday 26 May 2013
Adventures with Allium Cepa
In between bouts of feverish making, in preparation for the Saltaire Arts Trail, I have been surreptitiously: purchasing mordants, scouring linen threads and brewing onion dyes .... I even called into action a rusty Victorian iron, found buried in the back garden, washed off the mud and popped it in a bucket of water to make an iron mordant (apologies for the poor pun). Here are the results ......
... oh! Exciting news! .... my woad seeds have sprouted ... so we are all on nightly slug patrol to stop the slimy blighters eating my stash. Huge thank you to Claire Wellesley-Smith for introducing me to this fascinating process!
... oh! Exciting news! .... my woad seeds have sprouted ... so we are all on nightly slug patrol to stop the slimy blighters eating my stash. Huge thank you to Claire Wellesley-Smith for introducing me to this fascinating process!
Gorgeous colours! I love dyeing with onion skins - you always get a great result! :o)
ReplyDeleteThank you! Isn't it fun! The green thread was a burgundy colour when I went to bed and transformed into green overnight ... pure magic. K x
DeleteGorgeous shades, and even more beautiful when I saw them today. Natural colour is so very exciting isn't it!
ReplyDeleteThank you Claire!!! I think that if I get any more excited I will fall over :-)). Huge thanks for introducing me to the world of Natural Colour! K x
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