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