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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Your photos are so beautiful! I had never heard of woad. Blue is my favorite color so this is quite interesting to me.
ReplyDeleteI can see that woad makes great colors. Nice shades on the different yarns.
ReplyDeleteBonjour,
ReplyDeleteJe vis au milieu des champs de fleurs de cocagne. Ce jaune qui donne ce bleu si luminueux etait la richesse de notre region .
Merci pour ces belles photos . Vos teintures laines sont superbes. Bravo
Un chale tri ote qu point dentelle serait parfait avec vos laines .
Clo
Bonne fin de semaine