DHA 43 Special Edition – Heritage

For anyone interested in dyeing with Alder and Alder Buckthorn Bark, can I bring your attention to papers which have been published in the DHA Special Edition of Heritage? This is opensource so can be accessed by anyone.

Krista Wright has written “From bark to Dye – Ethnographic black and grey alder recipes from Finland and Estonia”

Liis Luhamaa “Rotting for Red: Archival, Experimental and Analytical Research on Estonian traditions of decomposing Alder Buckthorn Bark before dyeing”

Both papers have been supported by the WP2 team on the Colour4CRAFTS project – my role was the light fastness testing and analysis for the samples but all the hard work preparing and dyeing and pulling it all together was Krista and Liis – congratulations ladies!

Image credits – sourced from the articles:

Krista Wright – peeling grey alder and grey alder bark turns reddish after peeling;

Liis Luhamaa – Alder buckthorn trees in May; leaves and berries of alder buckthorn in July

These publications acknowledge financial support received for the research contained herein, funded by European Union ‘Research and Innovation Action’ Horizon-CL2-2022 Heritage-01-04 program for the Colour4CRAFTS project, no. 101094809. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them