Japanese Privet Berries

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.