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Category: Natural Dyeing

Solar Dye Bath Wild Cherry Bark
Natural Dyeing/Solar Dyeing

Wild Cherry Bark Dye

Posted on October 18, 2016 / 0 Comment

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 trees Ventura
Natural Dyeing

Walnut Find

Posted on July 27, 2015 / 2 Comments

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...

Ecoprint and natural plant dye on canvas
Leaf Prints/Natural Dyeing/Natural Pigments

Ancient Relics

Posted on July 6, 2015 / 0 Comment

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...

Natural dyeing eucalyptus and ironwood
Natural Dyeing

Dyeing with Eucalyptus and Ironwood

Posted on August 16, 2014 / 3 Comments

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/Scarves/Weaving

Natural Dyeing

Posted on November 13, 2011 / 4 Comments

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...

Leaf Prints/Natural Dyeing

New Work

Posted on March 28, 2009 / 0 Comment

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...

Natural Dyeing

Mordanting

Posted on March 10, 2009 / 22 Comments

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...

Leaf Prints/Natural Dyeing/Rust Dyeing

Untied Caps

Posted on October 17, 2008 / 0 Comment

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...

Natural Dyeing/Rust Dyeing

Steamed Caps

Posted on October 16, 2008 / 0 Comment

Here are the eucalyptus seed caps and the metal bottle caps after being steamed and sitting for a day. Not quite ready to be untied and opened yet. The edges of...

Natural Dyeing/Rust Dyeing

Tied Caps

Posted on October 15, 2008 / 0 Comment

This is eucalyptus seed caps tied up in cotton and ready for steaming. Then they have to sit for a while before I can untie the bundle and see what it looks lik...

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