Madder on Hemp
I really like the colors of madder root on hemp fabric — done with solar dyeing, and I let it sit about a week in full sun. The unevenness of it is pretty...
Category: Natural Dyeing
Buckthorn Bark Dye
This is Buckthorn bark on cotton canvas, raw silk and hemp — dyed in a plastic bucket using the solar dye method of letting it sit in the sun. I love thes...
Wild Cherry Bark Dye
Fabric samples going into Wild Cherry Bark solar dye bath. I’m testing raw silk, cotton canvas and hemp canvas. I’m not sure how long these will hav...
Walnut Find
Look what I found! I think these are walnuts. The trees are about half a mile from my house, and appear to be part of an abandonned orchard. They border the U.C...
Ancient Relics
I’ve been working on some leaf printed and upcycled pillows, and I love the way these two pieces turned out looking like old and mysterious ancient relics...
Dyeing with Eucalyptus and Ironwood
I’m dyeing some cotton yarns with local eucalyptus bark and fallen leaves from Catalina Fernleaf Ironwood trees. The eucalyptus bark is abundant, but I...
Natural Dyeing
I’ve felt inspired to do some natural dyeing and weaving lately. It’s good to mix things up. It keeps me interested and excited about my work. I h...
New Work
These are two pieces of linen I recently dyed and painted. The first was printed using brown onion skins and then painted with black pigment in a soy milk binde...
Mordanting
Here’s the boring part — mordanting the linen and waiting for it to dry. I’m mordanting in alternating dips of soy milk and baking soda. The s...
Untied Caps
I untied the eucalyptus seed pod caps and the rusty bottle caps today, and the results are below: I also did another steamed piece yesterday, and unwrapped it t...