Darryl Baird (dbaird@flint.umich.edu)
Mon, 17 May 1999 17:13:35 -0500
try http://www.earthguild.com/
the server is case sensitive ("H" in http)
Suzanne Izzo wrote:
> A few weeks ago, I went to the big Sheep and Wool Festival held
> every spring in Maryland. In one of the booths, I found a number of
> chemicals that are used in photography (and others I don't know anything
> about).
> These were sold as mordants for dying yarn:
> alum (potassium aluminum sulfate)
> blue vitriol (copper sulfate)
> copperas (ferrous sulfate)
> cream of tartar
> tannic acid
> thio-urea dioxide
> tin (stannous chloride)
> urea
> sodium acetate
> keltex (sodium alginate)
> sodium carbonate (listed as both washing soda and Glauber's Salts)
> Most of these are sold as 4oz, 1pound, 5pounds (some 1oz and 25pounds).
> The prices seem to be cheap (are they a different grade?). I bought
> tannic acid (4oz for $3.10 vs 100g $15 from Artcraft and 100g $29 from
> Formulary; 1pound was $8.40 vs $35 from Artcraft).
>
> The large mail order catalogue contains supplies for a variety of crafts.
> The store is called Earth Guild, 33 Haywood Street, Asheville NC 28801
> (hours: M-Sat 10-6 ET), 1-800-327-8448, fax: 828-255-8593
> e-mail: inform@earthguild.com or catalog@earthguild.com
> web: http://www.earthguild.com
>
> Suzanne
-- Darryl Baird Assistant Professor of Art Photography & Graphic Design University of Michigan-Flint
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