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Hello Jennifer,

I am very interested in your dying materials!

All best, Kathleen


Kathleen Kiefer, Conservator

Material Culture Conservation
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Care and Conservation of Costume, Textiles and Fiber-Based Objects

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On Wed, Jul 5, 2023 at 8:21 AM Jennifer Barnett <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
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Hello textile conservators,

As a former textile conservator and lecturer, I am finally de-cluttering the last of my professional papers.
Amongst them are dozens of dyeing sample made in search of the perfectly matching colour to be used as a support fabric, patch or overlay. Fabrics are wool, silk, nylon and cotton: some threads/yarns too. The exact recipes are included.
Ranges of mixtures of 2 to three colours and depth of shade in sample of 8 shades.

There’s also an extensive dyeing manual I compiled when teaching back in the 1980s and 90s.

Perhaps digital colour readings are made these days to measure the exact colour and how to achieve it using something like a paint colour-mixing machine. But maybe some of you are still using colour sense along with beakers and stirrers.

If there is any interest, I will dig them out and describe what's on offer.

These samples are the result of lots of work, so I won’t be giving them away. Make me an offer!


Kind regards,
Jennifer


Jennifer Barnett
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France