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Photo Essay: Gowanus Dye Map Progress

Sewing Seeds is excited to announce that we have been researching dye plants in our beloved Gowanus area, and that we are compiling a map for all of our fellow foragers! Below are some images of our process from harvesting to dyeing.

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 Empress tree
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 Fun canal findings
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 A mystery plant! Can you name it?
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How about this one? Know it?
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Let the extraction commence
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 Dyer's knotweed extraction in progress. 
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Empress tree leaves simmering for extraction.
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  The empress tree leaves after only a few minutes!
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Drying the dyer's knotweed for another vat.
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 Swatches of silk in the empress tree leaf extraction.
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Swatches submerged in the beautiful dyer's knot dye vat.
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 Our workstation with all of our sample dye vats and serious labeling skills.
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Swatches! From left to right: dyer's knotweed, sumac, and empress tree.
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Dried swatches. Left to right: dyer's knotweed, empress tree, and sumac.

Be sure to be on the lookout for our dye map of the beautiful Gowanus area! Are you as excited as we are?!

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