Lab Summary Week 5 Olivia, Bianca, Feraidon Introduction This week, our class continued in our studies related to ancient shepherding and related processes by studying the dyeing of wool. To prepare for this lab, we examined historical and archaeological evidence of dye use in various civilizations, including Minoans, Romans, and Mesoamerican cultures. In addition, we…
Week 6 Lab Journal: Bread
This content is password protected. Enter the password to view it.
Week 5 Lab Group 2: Dyeing
In this lab, we aspired to gain a better understanding of the various factors that contribute to the process of dyeing wool. On the first day of the lab (a preparatory phase of sorts) we mordanted our wool. Our group chose to use 87 grams of pre-spun dark grey wool (yarn), and 31 grams of…
Week 5 lab data group 6: Dye
Introduction This lab data consists of the combined efforts of lab groups 5 and 6, which included Tara Green, Edward Marotta, Claire Saunders, Bianca Lott, Linnea Williams, Luke Rowen, Brett Brzycki, and me. The lab itself happened over two separate days since we had to mordant the wool as a preparatory step to dyeing. The…
Week 5 Lab Data Groups 3 and 4: Dye
INTRODUCTION This data is for groups 3 and 4, whose members include Clark Glymph, Bruce Jones, Lily Petersen, Chance Tunnissen, Madeleine Goldberger, Losh Li, Zoe Roettger, and Caleb Valentino. This Lab Group Data report is written jointly by Chance Tunnissen and Caleb Valentino. This week’s lab involved travelling out to Get Bentz Farm, where we…
Week 5 Lab Data Group 1: Wool Dyeing
There were 3 days of lab this week. The first was on Wednesday, the 29th. On Wednesday, we applied a mordant to our wool. We used 27 grams of a nice wool roving, 83 grams of wool our class carded, and 8 grams of wool I spun into yarn. We then combined our wool with…
Week 5 Lab Journal: Dye
This content is password protected. Enter the password to view it.
Week 5 Lab Journal: Dye
This content is password protected. Enter the password to view it.
Week 5 Lab Journal: Dye
This content is password protected. Enter the password to view it.
Week 5 Lab Journal: Dye
This content is password protected. Enter the password to view it.
