Gunya _ Borsch Colours

01: Gunya _ Borsch Colours (Wool) Concept: Marjo van Schaik, Dasha Tsapenko Material: Ethically sourced Ukrainian wool, Production: Ruslana Goncharuk, Ganna Shatruk, Marjo van Schaik, Dasha Tsapenko 02: Gunya_Borsch Colours (Hemp) Concept: Marjo van Schaik, Dasha Tsapenko Material: Hemp & viscose mix yarn developed by Oksana Devoe (DEVO Home) Production: Ruslana Goncharuk, Ganna Shatruk, Marjo van Schaik, Dasha Tsapenko Colour is a powerful tool in traditional Ukrainian weaving. Despite having a rich history in natural dyeing, the contemporary dye used in Ukraine is often chemical. Here, the yarns for traditional woollen and hemp gunyas are dyed with leftover ingredients used for cooking Borsch – a Ukrainian traditional soup. The natural dyes retrieved from edible crops act differently on wool and hemp and it will be a question to what extent the beetroot colour remains visible during the exhibition. Beetroot is the main ingredient of this Ukrainian soup. However, this is normally not used as a dye as it is not colourfast. The dyeing experiments were carried out by Marjo van Schaik and Dasha Tsapenko.