Plant/Non Human Collaborator: Black Walnuts
Forager/Dyer/Human Collaborator:
Cydni Carter Lopez
Color/Fiber: Purple Brown on Linen mordanted with Alum Acetate
Date Foraged: August 10, 2020
Location Foraged: Buckman Field, NE 16th, Portland, OR
Dye Method: Stove Top
Recipe: foraged in the field where I walked my dog. A giant walnut tree lived on the edge of the field as was the prized shady location all summer. If I walked Diego early enough we could gather all the fallen walnuts that had accumulated. I used 3 walnuts to dye approx 50 grams of linen.
Three walnuts starting to release their pigment – called jugalone.
The walnuts after taking them out of the dye bath – they turned black! I bet there is more pigment in there!