#e11b22 (boro red)
The hexadecimal colour code #e11b22 is a shade of pink-red. This colour is used in the Middlesbrough F.C. logo.
Using alum as a mordant and bloodroot and madder as colorants, participants joined jade to hand dye cottons and silks, in futile attempt of trying to achieve the ‘boro red shade using only natural materials.
In another workshop to celebrate international colour day, the public were invited to create zines on the theme of Red, the work was compiled and turned into a ltd edition risograph printed zine which are hidden in a pocket in the banner. The zines where free and included more about the link to textiles industry, short texts about Red and lots of joyful content made by the citizens of Middlesbrough!'
Commissioned in collaboration with The Auxiliary Project Space, Navigator North and The Tunnel Gallery for Hidden Middlesbrough.
Jade Blood UK (North) Artist. Print- Textile- Installation- Education- Civics- Collaboration-Hoarder-DIY
Co-founder: York Zine Fest www.jadeblood.hotglue.me
