Hawthorn dyed Yellow Golds – Shamanic Nights

Spring Hawthorn makes Golden Yellow

Usually I wait for autumn berries, but Spring 2025 I used fresh blooms and fresh light green leaves; small twigs broken from main branches. Result was brighter.

With no mordant on silk, colour is golden yellow after 24hrs, or 48hrs.

With Alum Sulphate used as pre-mordant, colour is more orange-peachy.

With thick Eri peace silk, steel pan gives yellow, whereas copper pan gives golden-peach

My copper pan could have aided the colour strength.

Modifiers were mixed in palette to discover what the colour changes to when different modifiers added: clockwise in image -

Aluminium Sulphate/Cream of Tartar/Citric Acid/Ferrous Sulphate/Sodium Carbonate/Calcium Carbonate

Silks washed out and dried bright yellow and peachy-orange, a bit lighter than wet colour.

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