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Posts by Margaret Yates

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Living for Dyeing – Consumer Pressure

When President Macron of France offered to loan the Bayeux Tapestry to Britain it reminded me of the 19th century embroiderers of Leek, Staffordshire who embroidered a complete facsimile of the...

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Living for Dyeing: Experimenting

  I went to a girls’ grammar school where they thought it was appropriate to spend 4 years studying Latin but only about 6 weeks studying chemistry. Consequently, I don’t even know what...

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Living for Dyeing: Colour from the kitchen

Although there is a well-established and very sensible home-dyers rule that you don’t mix dyeing and food preparation equipment, that doesn’t mean you can’t get colour from the food in your...

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link to Living for Dyeing: Resistance!

Living for Dyeing: Resistance!

Dyeing only a selected part of a textile can be tricky! Across the centuries people in many different cultures have found ways of preparing their threads or fabrics so that only part of it is dyed,...

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Living for Dyeing – Dyeing Heroes and Heroines

  This month I'm talking about the heroes and (usually) heroines of the dyeing world. First up is India Flint (@prophetofbloom) who strides the world with eco-dyed cloth streaming out behind...

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Living for Dyeing – Too Much Red Tape

Ever since I started using natural dyes I've been intrigued by descriptions of dyeing silk to make 'red tape'. There was the whole fascination of having a specially produced material with a really...

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About the Author

Marg Yates is a textile and mixed media artist living and working in North Staffordshire. A recent graduate from Derby University's foundation degree in Creative Art and Design practice she is a member of the Take Ten artists collective (FB: TakeTenArtists). She uses natural dyes in her explorations of colour and texture and exhibits and sells her work at venues across the North Midlands. Instagram: @margyatesart FB: Margyates Art

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