[NatureNS] Buckthorn

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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:44:12 -0400
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On 13-Sep-07, at 10:59 PM, David & Alison Webster wrote:

>    I cut a Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula) on Aug 22 & noticed  
> that the bark still peeled off readily and was bright yellow inside.
>
>    When simmered for an hour or so,  bark chunks released a yellow  
> dye that stained some cheesecloth bright yellow and this color is  
> still present after two washings (no soap).
>
>    The dye solution, after sitting in a glass container over  
> several weeks became progressively darker and now stains  
> cheesecloth brown with a hint of red.
>
>    I wonder if this bark was used as a natural dye ?

*  In the mid-1980s, I took a natural dyeing course from Trudy Van  
Stralen of Prescott, Ontario  (she wrote the book "Indigo Madder &  
Marigold:  A Portfolio of Colors from Natural Dyes").  Buckthorn was  
one of the plants that we worked with, using it alone and also with  
various mordants.  As I recall, we just snipped off twigs with leaves  
and boiled them for awhile, and then simmered fleece in the liquid.   
It produced a strong dye in a range of colours from yellow through  
green depending on the mordant used on the fleece (probably alum,  
copper, etc..).

bev

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