By Tonya Pettit – New York, USA I decided to take part in this collaboration as something I could do as a homeschooling project with my kiddo. We probably could have chosen a better or more promising dye recipe, but the mystery of creating a “fine excellent purple” from mulberries was such a curiosity thatContinue reading “Expecting To Fail With Mulberries”
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Sheep Urine Shenanigans
I like to keep life simple. With 4 home educated kids and a flock of sheep, it can get complicated enough some days. So when reading through the papyri methods, I decided I would choose less complicated sounding ones, and when I spotted one using sheep urine, I was sold. We have a flock ofContinue reading “Sheep Urine Shenanigans”
Ash and clay makes clean?
I have long been fascinated by the permutations and combinations, twists and turns and variations that can be coaxed out of madder (Rubia sp.) and when the opportunity came up to explore madder as mentioned in the Stockholm papyrus, it was an easy choice. The papyrus was a familiar source to me. I am partContinue reading “Ash and clay makes clean?”
Foraging & Finding Ingredients
This first stage of the Stockholm and Leyden Papyri Dye Project was a lot of fun to find and collect the ingredients for the methods that I plan on testing for this project. There were adventures and outings that I did not imagine that I would experience in order to acquire them. Here is anContinue reading “Foraging & Finding Ingredients”
“Woad Is Me” & Dyeing With Herbs?
By Jackie Bush – Norfolk, England Diary of a Saxon Weaver You can rely on the UK weather……..? What an awful Spring we had this year. Everything got off to a very late start including my woad which I am relying on to use in some of the dye recipes from the Stockholm Papyrus. IContinue reading ““Woad Is Me” & Dyeing With Herbs?”
And the Answer Is…..Or Is It?
My previous blog post ended with more questions than answers. There is a lot to ponder and research with the Stockholm & Leyden Papyrus ancient dye recipes. I initially chose two recipes to try to replicate primarily because I thought I had access to the ingredients. Today, I’ll focus on recipe #118 – Gold Color.Continue reading “And the Answer Is…..Or Is It?”
Preparation Is Everything… I Hope!
By Sue Crook – Hampshire, UK Sue Crook Textile Artist / HapticArt Textile Artist As someone fairly new to natural dyes – I have (almost) completed Mel Sweetnam’s/ Mamies Schoolhouse’s Guilded, Modules 1 & 2 – the chance of trying out some third century Egyptian dye recipes was very appealing. I settled on 3 fromContinue reading “Preparation Is Everything… I Hope!”
Stockholm & Leyden Papyri Dye Project 