{"id":8673,"date":"2019-04-20T09:06:51","date_gmt":"2019-04-20T16:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=8673"},"modified":"2019-09-12T11:13:10","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T18:13:10","slug":"four-winds-books-dyed-and-dried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/2019\/04\/four-winds-books-dyed-and-dried\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Winds books &#8211; dyed and dried"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8678\" src=\"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6787.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6787.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6787-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8680\" src=\"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6786-1.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6786-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6786-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I love how these booklets turned out. I gave the books a dip in an iron-vinegar solution before dyeing (India Flint&#8217;s &#8220;magic potion&#8221;). Some fabric scraps turned very dark immediately and I was concerned that the whole batch would be very dark, like my &#8220;clearing in the woods&#8221; fabric circles. But instead I got lovely dark edges and an interesting mix of colors and prints from plant materials.<\/p>\n<p>Bundling: I used sardine tins retrieved from the recycling, two sets of metal can lids, and two heavy stone tiles to bind over batches of booklets to protect them.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8676\" src=\"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6788-1.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6788-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6788-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Boiling: using my copper dye pot, I simmered the bundles in a broth of red onion skins for about 25 minutes. I needed a rock to submerge the sardine tin bundle. In the background: sprouting red onions from last year&#8217;s crop. They know it&#8217;s time to grow!<\/p>\n<p>After cooking, I let the pot sit overnight to cool. Next day, I removed the bundles and let them sit for 2 days. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8677\" src=\"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6789.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6789.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6789-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here they are unbundled and sans plant material, drying. When dry, I pressed them overnight.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8682\" src=\"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6790.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6790.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6790-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love how these booklets turned out. I gave the books a dip in an iron-vinegar solution before dyeing (India Flint&#8217;s &#8220;magic potion&#8221;). Some fabric scraps turned very dark immediately and I was concerned&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[149,148],"tags":[367],"class_list":["post-8673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","category-eco-prints","tag-talisman"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6790.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8673"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8896,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8673\/revisions\/8896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}