I am still playing with plant dye. Experimenting. Playing. Someday, probably on the mountain, I will grow more of my own but not yet. I ordered a few plants to see what will happen. This pale yellow is weld.
I have had some luck with indigo and having wishing for a green. A yellow is needed for a green and I have not had good luck with anything I have tried. I did some research and decided weld was what I wished to try. I only used a small bit with three yards of silk but it made a very pretty pale yellow. It reminds me of a lemon ice.
I have to admit that I have gone down a bit of a rabbit hole with pigments. I wish to go play outside, in rocks, to see what I can find. But until then, I have actually done a subscription to have a small amount of pigment shipped to me each month. I am not big subscription person. Yes, I do Imperfect Produce. I love it but we also eat a lot of vegetables. The pigment is just for me.
I will not be getting much. But, I figured I could mix a little with soy milk and see how it paints paper and dyes a small bit of silk. I am wishing to experiment more. I am also going to be saving my pennies to take a pigment gathering workshop. Talk about combing the geophysics and the artist. It just sings to me. Maybe I will plaster the Teahouse in all the little bits. Or go collect my own.
Can you tell I am still excited about color? Especially color in all its natural forms? Part of the yellow is to find a way to make green yarn. I have much fleece and need to not buy any. I just laugh at myself.