Japanese Privet Berries
- cartercydni
- Mar 25, 2021
- 1 min read
Forager/Dyer/Human Collaborator: Cydni Carter Lopez
Plant/Non Human Collaborator: Japanese Privet Berries
Color/Fiber: Grey blue on cotton mordanted with alum acetate + chalk after bath; grey creme on wool yarn mordanted with potassium alum sulfate.
Date Foraged: 6 January 2021
Location Foraged: Personal front yard in SE Portland
Dye Method: Stove Top
Recipe: About a half a cup of fresh berries from clippings from my privet bush. The dye bath was a beautiful blue purple color and in the right light the cotton fabric is a silver blue tone.
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