Tuesday, 17 March 2015

Onion skin dyeing

These were all dyed in the same pot with brown onion skins, the top photo is a more accurate colour. The linen was disappointing.
Wool, silk, linen and nettle

I will be using some of these in the pieces for the quarry exhibition.
Its North Somerset Arts Week this year and the brochures have just been delivered
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  1. Els17 March 2015 at 20:04

    Yes : union skin dye ;-) Love that colour !!!
    (it might be you need an other mordant for linen .....
    and I would have thought the silk would do better
    than that)

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    1. Debbie18 March 2015 at 11:55

      Yes the silk is paler than I would expect but luckily right for what I needed. I don't really use mordants only soy milk to add protein to plant fibres, so I guess I won't achieve really deep colours.

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  2. Barbara17 March 2015 at 22:22

    Isn't it amazing how differently things absorb color?! I think they all look great actually.

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    1. Debbie18 March 2015 at 11:55

      Thanks Barbara, on the whole I am pleased with them, love the colour on the wool.

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  3. Saskia18 March 2015 at 19:44

    beautiful colours!!

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  4. Nancy23 March 2015 at 05:42

    Love the variety!

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  5. Judy Martin23 March 2015 at 18:22

    Onion skin is so dependable ...always gives something. I love the range you have here and look forward to seeing what you do with them.

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