Silk embroidery thread dyed in goldenrod, onion skins, avocado stones, and walnut.
 Embroidery thread in onion skins dye bath
 Making madder lake
 Straining madder lake
 Madder-dyed embroidery thread
Dyed fabric in madder
Madder lake, bottled
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 Weld growing in my garden
 Dyed embroidery thread in Weld
 The beginning stage of making lake with homegrown weld from my garden (foreground) and store-bought weld (far right) with alum.
 Letting the foam settle after adding the calcium carbonate to the weld and alum mixture
 Dried lake
 Ground weld pigment
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