onsdag den 10. juni 2020

Farvegryden, rødt - 9 - Dye Pot, Red

     Ugens grimme  skulle jo have været starten på et rødt fed. Her til højre i billedet (igen). Så genlæste jeg noter og gode råd, og tilsatte en smule kaustisk soda inden jeg prøvede igen. Basisk skulle gøre farven rødere, og den blev da også lidt rødligere - billede kommer senere.

  The ugly surprise. was meant to be the beginning of a red skein. It turned out ugly, as seen to the right here (again). I then perused old notes and tips, added some (just a little) lye and tried again. This pushed the colour towards reddish-brown.- photo to come later.

I min jagt på rødt, kom avocadoskaller og -kerner frem. Ifølge Carol Lees opskrift skal det trække og koges op for at give god farve, så i gryder hver for sig, kog op mandag morgen og aften og gentag tirsdag. Og så var min tålmodighed slidt op og vandet rødt som blod.

Red comes among other from avocado pits and peels, both rinsed thoroughly, then finely cut and dried. According to Carol Lee soaking and boiling for days is the key to good colour. Yes. well my patience was sorely tried. I soaked the pits and peels in two separate pots. They were boiled Monday morning, Monday evening, Tuesday morning, Tuesday evening. And the water was red as blood, and I was out of patience. 
Pits     Peels

Og to timer senere var det kølet nok af

Two hours later it was cooled down enough for me to touch it.
       Der er som altid hos mig forskel på farverne. Skallerne giver en mere orange tone medens kernerne giver fint rødt. Det bliver meget lysere når det tørrer, så det er nærmere pink og orange-pink.
     Jeg bukkede så garnet lidt anderledes, så et stykke farvet og et stykke ufarvet kom ned i glassene igen, skaller hos skaller og kerner hos kerner. Det bliver interessant at se, om det bliver tone-i-tone eller hvad der sker.

  As always when I try, the pits give pure red, and the peels a more orangey red. It will turn much lighter while drying. I pulled some of the dyed skein up out of each glass an tucked in some of the un-dyed to the left into each glass. Time will tell if I have succeeded in making gradients or what.

3 kommentarer:

  1. I don't think I am anything like patient enough to undertake the work you are doing - but remain fascinated with your efforts.
    Thank you.

    SvarSlet
  2. Oh these colours are beautiful. I remember my granny creating a sort of pale rainbow colour out of cabbage when she was dying flour sacks for bedding and curtains.

    XO
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    SvarSlet
  3. You are doing so many colors, and yet you call yourself impatient. There is no way i would be able to do all this.

    SvarSlet

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