Medieval Dye Pot Join us while we explore dyestuffs used during the Medieval and Renaissance period and some plants locally available. We will be dying with...
I've been playing a lot with plant dyes lately. I thought the link ww.borg.com/~corgyn/dyedyarn.htm was excellent. It pretty well matched up with what I have...
*WHERE* is this workshop taking place? There are people on this list from literally all over the world. Thanks, Despina de la need to include location for...
In a message dated 10/31/05 7:54:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... our period? another good reference is the Readers Digest Book of Crafts. Also, very good info...
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In a message dated 10/31/05 7:54:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... our period? another good reference is the Readers Digest Book of Crafts. Also, very good info...
... For starters, the question is really too vague. First, "our period" is a minimum of one thousand years long - 600 through 1600 CE - things just weren't the...
Brazilwood, and logwood are both New World, so 12thC??? ;-) My 8yo daughter will be happy about the hot pink, she has requested that. And I found some hot pink...
Cochineal produces dark magenta on silk, and hot pink on linen. And there *were* hot pinks in period, at least in Italy - look at some of the manuscripts from...
... Brazilwood from Caesalpinia echinata is New World. Brazilwood from Caesalpinia sappan is Old World - India, Southern China and SE Asia. Brazil, the...
... requested that. MODERATOR NOTE: PLEASE SIGN ALL OF YOUR POSTS TO THIS LIST Look at some of the 14 century Italian manuscripts, hot pink was used in them....
... from Oh, my! I am sincerly sorry. The workshop is happening in Woodburn Oregon, USA It is 20 minutes from Salem Oregon and 45 minutes from Portland Oregon...
Tin *is* period, just not necessarily in the form of a separate additive. However, I think it's the Plictho that instructs using a tin pot in a recipe for red,...
... Wow, that's a jaw-dropper. I had no idea! ... Well, not so much. Logwood is, IIRC, really rich in concentration of dyestuff. They sell it in both chunks...
I remember reading an article in TI some time back written by Chris Laning, who pointed out that cochineal was fugitive when exposed to light. Perhaps this is...
Cynthia J Ley
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Nov 2, 2005 3:24 pm
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... The pigment brazilein is in both Brazilwood which is what produces the color. Or were you asking about the Cochineal? Kamala...
Tin is also quite toxic. I wouldn't use it for home dyeing. Alum is much more common and much less poisonous. Sarah Davies [Non-text portions of this message...
Yes. Lac, kermes, and the various types of cochineal all give bright blue-reds and pinks ranging from rose to magenta. Sarah Davie ... From: Heather M...
I haven't found it to be so - my cochineals have stayed fresh and bright, at least on silk. Logwood, OTOH, fades pretty badly on linen and cotton.... Sarah...
... Hi -- Um, actually, it's _orchil_ I was writing about, and true, it isn't very lightfast -- which is a shame, since it's a splendidly "hot" pink (derived...
My apologies. It's been a while. Need to dig it out and refresh what I call a memory. Arlys...
Cynthia J Ley
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Nov 2, 2005 5:07 pm
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Greetings, some time recently someone posted a link to a set of embroidered bags. I thin it may have been this list. I thought I marked it, but can't find it...
... I thought I ... Yep, I do it all the time. Oh! were you asking if the embroidered bags sounded familiar, not the process of losing a reference? :-P Andrea...
... I seem to remember Mistress Marcele de Montsegur posting pics of her fantastic "aumoniere sarrazinoise" on this list some time ago, but for the life of me...
Must be post-lunch naptime: I just realized that if you just go to http://www.cottesimple.com/ there are links to the PDF of Marcele's purse. Yrs., Christoph ...
In the groups links section, under Accoutriment for daily life, there is a link entitled, "Pouches and Purses in Medieval art". Is this for what you are...
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