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The fruit of white walnut trees, commonly known as butternuts, have been used to make dye for hundreds of years. The butternut was used to make the dark gray color used in the uniforms of Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. The dye is the reason Confederate soldiers were sometimes called "butternuts."
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Ingenuity, green fund plant seed for UNT dye garden
By Lucinda Breeding / Features Editor
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Published: 11 August 2013 06:59 AM
Editor's note: This is the first in a planned series about a visual arts project at the University of North Texas College of Visual Arts and Design. The natural dye garden is the result of a student-supported fund and the imagination of fine arts students.
If the sun shines, if there are favorable rain and soil conditions in the new school year, college art students will make a rainbow of dyes.
The University of North Texas plans to open a natural dye garden in October.
After the garden opens, art students will use the plants to make organic dye. Then, they'll use the dye to color fabric, or to print designs and patterns on fabric.
"The proposal came out of a workshop," said Lesli Robertson, a senior lecturer in the fibers division in the College of Visual Arts and Design.
Artist Sasha Duerr visited the campus last year to lead a natural dye workshop.
For the rest: http://www.dentonrc.com/entertainment/entertainment-headlines/20130811-make-the-rainbow.ece
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The fruit of white walnut trees, commonly known as butternuts, have been used to make dye for hundreds of years. The butternut was used to make the dark gray color used in the uniforms of Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. The dye is the reason Confederate soldiers were sometimes called "butternuts."
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Ingenuity, green fund plant seed for UNT dye garden
By Lucinda Breeding / Features Editor
[email protected]
Published: 11 August 2013 06:59 AM
Editor's note: This is the first in a planned series about a visual arts project at the University of North Texas College of Visual Arts and Design. The natural dye garden is the result of a student-supported fund and the imagination of fine arts students.
If the sun shines, if there are favorable rain and soil conditions in the new school year, college art students will make a rainbow of dyes.
The University of North Texas plans to open a natural dye garden in October.
After the garden opens, art students will use the plants to make organic dye. Then, they'll use the dye to color fabric, or to print designs and patterns on fabric.
"The proposal came out of a workshop," said Lesli Robertson, a senior lecturer in the fibers division in the College of Visual Arts and Design.
Artist Sasha Duerr visited the campus last year to lead a natural dye workshop.
For the rest: http://www.dentonrc.com/entertainment/entertainment-headlines/20130811-make-the-rainbow.ece
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