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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-4-980854927 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed 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 =============================== Bev Wigney Email: bev@magickcanoe.com Burning Silo blog: http://magickcanoe.com/blog Online Photo Gallery: http://www.pbase.com/crocodile Magick Canoe website: http://magickcanoe.com --Apple-Mail-4-980854927 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On 13-Sep-07, at = 10:59 PM, David & Alison Webster wrote:</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0=A0 = </SPAN>I cut a Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula) on Aug 22 & = noticed that the bark still peeled off readily and was bright yellow = inside.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0=A0 = </SPAN>When simmered for an hour or so,<SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>bark chunks released a yellow = dye that stained some cheesecloth bright yellow and this color is still = present after two washings (no soap).</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0=A0 </SPAN>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.</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0=A0 </SPAN>I wonder if this bark was = used as a natural dye ?</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV>*=A0 In the = mid-1980s, I took a natural dyeing course from Trudy Van Stralen of = Prescott, Ontario=A0 (she wrote the book "Indigo Madder & Marigold:=A0= A Portfolio of Colors from Natural Dyes").=A0 Buckthorn was one of the = plants that we worked with, using it alone and also with various = mordants.=A0 As I recall, we just snipped off twigs with leaves and = boiled them for awhile, and then simmered fleece in the liquid.=A0 = It=A0produced a strong dye in a range of colours from yellow through = green depending on the mordant used on the fleece (probably alum, = copper, etc..).</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>bev</DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Trebuchet MS; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = "><DIV>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D</DIV><DIV>Bev Wigney</DIV><DIV>Email:=A0 <A = href=3D"mailto:bev@magickcanoe.com">bev@magickcanoe.com</A></DIV><DIV>Burn= ing Silo blog: <A = href=3D"http://magickcanoe.com/blog">http://magickcanoe.com/blog</A></DIV>= <DIV>Online Photo Gallery:=A0 <A = href=3D"http://www.pbase.com/crocodile">http://www.pbase.com/crocodile</A>= </DIV><DIV>Magick Canoe website:=A0 <A = href=3D"http://magickcanoe.com">http://magickcanoe.com</A></DIV><BR = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>= --Apple-Mail-4-980854927--
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