I Tried an Ancient Dye Made of Trees

Thanks to Nebula for sponsoring this video! Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/vbirchwood and get access to the new season of Jet Lag: The Game: https://nebula.tv/jetlag/season/17?re... Prehistoric people were incredibly intelligent and clever, and they knew how to work with the natural environment around them. There's a chance they may have used parts of the birch plant for textile dyeing. I've been in a bit of a natural dyeing wormhole recently, experimenting with different crops utilised throughout history, or in this case, (possibly) prehistory. In this video, I experiment with dyeing wool fabric with the bark and the leaves of the birch tree, to figure out what type of colour I'm going to get. 🕯 Support my art on Patreon -   / vbirchwood   ✨ Leave a donation: https://ko-fi.com/vbirchwood 🪡 Follow me on Instagram -   / vasibirchwood   📖 Business inquiries - [email protected] Image sources: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Thelmadatter, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Photo by Evan Izer (Palladian), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Nationalmuseet, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Th... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Madison60, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dy... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lu... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sa... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Alder (Alnus glutinosa) Cones and Catkins by Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://www.gettyimages.nl/detail/vid... https://www.gettyimages.nl/detail/vid... https://www.gettyimages.nl/detail/vid... Further Reading: https://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/collect... https://www.thehistoricaldyer.com/abo...    • How to Dye with Birch Bark ​⁠@WildcraftDyeing      • Naturally Dyeing with Birch Leaves ​⁠@Wild...   https://www.trc-leiden.nl/trc/index.p... https://www.dorsetwool.co.uk/2021/03/... https://ctr.hum.ku.dk/research-progra... https://www.bonesandrozes.co.uk/blog/... https://www.researchgate.net/publicat... Walton-Rogers. P, 2004, Fibres and Dyes in Norse Textiles https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... https://www.academia.edu/66810894/Dye... https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1... https://wiki.aineetonkulttuuriperinto... https://exarc.net/issue-2021-4/at/bef...