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