I weave rag rugs. At one point I saved dry onion skins to dye some dull rags. I set them in brown paper bags in the old kiln shed.
Ken created glazes from ashes – he used wood ash form apple trees, maple ash, and he also used crop sources like the husks from dry beans or corn stalks.
When Ken went to clean the old kiln shed he found the bags of onion skins and thought I had been saving them for a glaze. He set them in a barrel and when I smelled smoke I walked over to investigate, I explained what I had intended to do with them. Ken looked so sad I laughed and said, “The shed is clean and there are always more onions skins!”
I saved one cup from the onion skin glaze. It makes me smile
