A revival, then a pause
In 1981, Harald Böhmer and Marmara University started DOBAG, bringing natural dyes back to village carpet weaving around Ayvacık and Yuntdağ. A later Marmara University study reports production there has almost stopped.
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Term 02 · Madder red
Kökboya
Europe called it Turkey red.
A red pulled from the roots of a plant and fixed so it would not wash out. Europe could not copy how it was done until Greek dyers brought the process to Marseille around 1745.
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1 How a red crossed the Mediterranean
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2 Dye a skein
Mordant
Water
Colours are illustrative, worked out from dye suppliers' guidance, not lab measurements.
3 The madder range
Alizarin, madder's main colourant, gives Turkey reds, mulberry, orange-red and terracotta. With other dyes it reaches crimson, purple, rust and browns. Tap one to load it in the vat.
4 From root to red
5 Who keeps it alive
Do you dye with plants?
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6 Where the red leads
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7 Madder red, for every day
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