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