Tapestry/Bead Cuff

First class at NH Institute of Art yesterday.  Students had a great time.  Got well underway with tapestry/Bead Cuff.  But it was when I showed them the hand-dyed balls of silk that they could use in their weavings and everyone just went totally silent and slipped into one of those “I am looking at color” trances.  It was perfect.

What were they looking at.