I Tried an Ancient Dye Made of Trees

Thanks to Nebula for sponsoring this video! Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/vbirchwood and get access to the new season of Jet Lag: The Game: https://nebula.tv/jetlag/season/17?ref=vbirchwood Prehistoric people were incredibly intelligent and clever, and they knew how to work with the natural environment around them. There's a chance they may have used parts of the birch plant for textile dyeing. I've been in a bit of a natural dyeing wormhole recently, experimenting with different crops utilised throughout history, or in this case, (possibly) prehistory. In this video, I experiment with dyeing wool fabric with the bark and the leaves of the birch tree, to figure out what type of colour I'm going to get. 🕯 Support my art on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/vbirchwood ✨ Leave a donation: https://ko-fi.com/vbirchwood 🪡 Follow me on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vasibirchwood/ 📖 Business inquiries - vbirchwood@zigguratxyz.com Image sources: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Illustration_Rubia_tinctorum1.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:202510_%E8%97%8D%E6%9F%93%E6%96%B9%E5%B7%BE%E8%88%87%E6%9F%BF%E6%9F%93%E6%96%B9%E5%B7%BE.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pastel_pigment_cocagnes_et_feuilles_-_Mus%C3%A9um_du_pastel.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Modern_wool_fleece_dyed_with_woad.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:38_Isatis_tinctoria_L.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.or