Caption: Left to right: Wool yarn dyed with purple dead nettle, wool dyed with purple commercial dye powder, cotton yarn dyed with
madder root, wool yarn dyed with
madder root.
Cost:
madder extract cost $9.88/ounce in my local fiber store; $0.35/gram, so $0.89 worth of dye
Painting in dyes of myrobalan, black and
madder with alum as mordant; 59 x 82 cm.
The
madder industry was huge in Europe up to 1870, with about 70,000 pounds being produced annually.
Moreover, growing
madder or other biomass crops to make batteries would soak up carbon dioxide and eliminate the disposal problem - without its toxic components, a lithium-ion battery could be thrown away.
First, the
madder plant, a small shrub with yellow leaves and no outward indication of a brilliant red dye, has to be dug up.
Mrs
Madder, who works for Coventry City Council and has been involved with the festival since 1994, said: "My husband Mick and I have the most important job - we are looking after the beer cellar.
It has been a fairly torrid year for
Madders and his team down at Sundissential but the launch of another successful event last weekend confirmed that Birmingham's wildest night has lost none of its draw.
And although Camra organiser Mick
Madder admitted he would be sad to have to leave the ground, he pledged to begin the search for a new venue as soon as possible.
IN case there's any doubt that Americans are
madder than a bag of whippets, here's proof.
Mick
Madder, of the Coventry and North Warwickshire branch of the Campaign for Real Ale, said the event had grown in popularity each year.
The Hammer made his views clear about stars from other sports muscling in on wrestling, and Rodman got
madder and
madder.