Goldenrod
Sumac
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| red sumac tanin and onion skin |
April has been home with us on Manitoulin for about a week.
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| staghorn sumac drupes dye |
She has been passionately gathering and processing staghorn sumac and teaching herself about natural tanins and mordants.
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| sumac leaves tanin |
I am learning along with her.
I'm starting to dye some of the damasks I've collected. These greys!
April dyed these pinks using Sumac drupes.
Her childhood landscape.
you live in such a beautiful wild place in the world!
ReplyDeleteSo glad to know about dyeing with sumac drupes. I love dyeing with seasonal plants, as well as kitchen waste like onion skins, avocado pits, and old tea bags. I'll look for this on my walks tho I'm not sure they grow in southeastern US. Thanks for this post!
ReplyDeleteAlways look forward to your posts .. this one filled with a softness of how earths gifts .. give back.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what these marvelous hand dyed fabrics will become in your creative hands?
ReplyDeleteI'm sad/jealous/envious/disheartened. When i lived in Ontario and BC, i knew nothing of natural dyeing. Now that i'm in Alberta, there is a great dearth of bio-diversity. Even the goldenrod is mingy and stunted.
ReplyDeleteSuch lovely colours.
Wow. Such amazing colors. I had no idea we could dye with sumac drupes. I have to try it. Thank you for sharing with all of us the beautiful picture of nature gifts. I am learning myself how to dye . I have so much to learn. I love all your pictures and all the stitching you do. Big hug from Portugal.
ReplyDeletelovely mingling of A months! your landscape is so familiar, Judy, much like here.
ReplyDeletewonderful, we have that sumac round here, I have wanted to dye with it, but it is in difficult places for me to reach.
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