This is part six in the Woad to a Sustainable Blue series. We have talked about history, non-blue colors from…
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The Woad to a Sustainable Blue: An Overview of Woad History from Ancient Egypt to Modern Times
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************The history of Woad is nearly as interesting and varied as the history of the color red. Blue is, to…
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The Woad to a Sustainable Blue Part Four: The Modern View of Woad
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************While woad is a beautiful and complex natural dye color, the plant itself has several prejudices against it. It is…
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The Woad to a Sustainable Blue Part 3: Advanced Dye Uses of the Woad Plant
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************One of the fun things about natural dyes is being able to use the natural dye plant to its full…
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Not So Fugitive Natural Dyes: Top Seven Colorfast Natural Dyes
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************There are few things more frustrating than laboring to harvest, extract, and use a natural dye and then finding out…
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The Woad to a Sustainable Blue: Why Does Woad Matter?
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************With the huge challenges and problems presented by the synthetic indigo dye process, why does the woad plant matter? What…
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