Does anybody now how to make woad (blue paint) used by the celtic tribes
2007-01-10 07:01:04 · 7 answers · asked by Starlight 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
It's from a plant - Isatis tinctoria. The leaves are rotted then used to dye fabric or the extract is mixed with animal fat and rubbed onto the skin.
2007-01-10 07:31:18 · answer #1 · answered by indie_girl79 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Woad is not a paint it is a powder to dye cloth with a dark true blue colour. It is a tincture from dried vegetal. You can also obtain a beautiful blue by slicing red cabbage, squeeze a fresh lemon on it then put it in cold water about 5 minutes, then drain but keep the water which is then of that beautiful blue colour. Smile.
2007-01-10 23:01:50 · answer #2 · answered by Nicolette 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You need some bwoken woks an some little stones an' a gweat big steamwolle to cwush them all weally flat.
2007-01-10 15:13:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
If that's Jonathan Ross. It's Road, and I told you last night, with Tarmacadam.
2007-01-10 15:25:05 · answer #4 · answered by Moorglademover 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From the glastum plant.
2007-01-10 15:05:38 · answer #5 · answered by Neil_R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't have to make it, get it at Home Depot. Same as all the Druids of today get it.
2007-01-10 16:44:32 · answer #6 · answered by johnny boy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woad
the blue dye comes from a plant.
2007-01-10 15:04:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋