Measuring madder extract.
Rinsing the dyed wool.
Indigo-dyed Parchment and Wool.
EMPP Team Member Joanna working with a participant.
Stirring the wool in the madder vat.
Shades of Madder.
Wool soaking as part of the scouring process.
Indigo-dyed wool.
One of our lighter samples.
Adding weld solution to the dye vat.
Madder and Weld.
Mordanted wool dyed indigo waiting to go into the madder and weld vats.
Weld-dyed wool hanging in the Greenhouse.
Drip-drying.
Rinsing the dyed wool.
The weld-indigo wool.
Adding wool to the weld vat.
Hanging in the Greenhouse.
Weld-dyed wool fresh from the vat.
Indigo-dyed yarn a few seconds out of the vat.
Drip-drying.
PH Sticks after testing to make sure levels were accurate.
Drying parchment.
Indigo!
Soda Ash, Spectralite, and the Indigo!
The colours of the indigo-dyed wool as it is exposed to air over time.
Adding the indigo solution to the vat.
Combining all of the ingredients.
Putting wool into the weld vat.
Hanging in the Greenhouse.
Shades of Dark Blue.
Measuring weld extract.
Indigo just out of the dye vat.
Madder Dye Vat.
Mixing the solutions.
Participants at the garden plot.
With thanks to the Festival of Creative Learning, ECA Textiles, our volunteers, and our participants.
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