Credit (for the photo and the craftsmanship) to Rowena Dugdale (@redrubyrose), who notes that these are "Plant dyes - all the colours achievable from leaf, flower and root within around a five mile radius. The red hot poker root was a gift from a friend on Skye but that’s only several miles across the water…"
Via Reddit.
Linking the original tweet here since I don't see it in an (admittedly brief) looksee of the Reddit comments and OP has some other really interesting content!
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Post amended accordingly. I do get lazy sometimes in tracking down original credits (especially on football Saturdays).
ReplyDeleteIf you post original content and don't identify yourself in the post, you'll likely lose ownership. There are plenty of attention whores who look for things they can claim.
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Oh Woad is me.No mention of Isatis tinctoria,they used to get blue dye from it.
ReplyDeleteVery colorful, more than I expected, and very nice shades as well.
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