The written history on colour does not include much on the use of avocados in textile dyeing. This information is, I assume, preserved in oral histories and remains a mystery, at least to me. What I do know is that avocados can produce warm pinks and peaches.

Being from a more northern climate, this fruit will never be naturally available to me. As we collectively rush to warm our only home, I must consider that avocados were not part of the first 20 years of my life and that there is no reason why they should continue to be.

This lightweight cotton was scoured and mordanted using Symplocos as a mordant. The tannin process was skipped since avocados are said to be rich in tannins. Time will tell whether this was a good idea. Finally, the scarf was soaked in a ferrous sulfate solution for the length of a country song, to shift or “sadden” the colour.