Thursday, April 08, 2010

As Eggs Lay Dyeing

An Easter Egg vegetable-dyeing experiment:




Results (clockwise from the top): red beets, yellow beets/red cabbage (in series), red cabbage alone (longer time in dye), carrots/red cabbage.


Future directions: tea, onion skins, devilling
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2 comments:

  1. Unknown3:03 PM

    I recognize the bowl! If you want to move on to drawing patterns in wax per your Lithuanian heritage let me know. I may still have the equipment! Very cool eggs!

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  2. Daisy Bateman3:15 PM

    Thanks, we may take you up on that. I thought of it, but it seemed a little elaborate for the pilot experiment. (And, to be fair, Cameron did pretty much all the work here.)

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