Some pictures I've made a few years ago when I first dyed with woad (Isatis tinctoria)
just for inspiration
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bleu de Nimes - denim - pays de Cocagne
woad - wede - waid - waide - guède - pastel
Isatis - blues - indigo
different yarns dyed with woad
close up
fine silk dyed with woad
the blues
extracting woad pigment
fermenting woad
"boules de cocagne"
(Dried balls obtained from crushed woad leaves)
the making of a "boule de cocagne"
notice the "pictish blue" on my hand :)
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flowering woad plants with sheep - Drôme, France
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