Onion Skins

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 …

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