You may know how I started working from my home, then occupied a spare bedroom and eight months ago moved out of that room to a small...

How to store your leaves for botanical printing

How to store your leaves for botanical printing

Murex dyes for purple and blues from antiquity to today

Making soaps with natural dyes

Indigo Dye Plants

When I was young(er) I studied classical guitar. I actually have a degree-and-a-half in it, finishing the final concert of my Masters...

Using blankets in eco printing

Bioaccumulation is the gradual accumulation of substances in an organism, in this case; alum. There are a few plants that are...

Part three in the series about what makes a plant a dye plant

Red is a fascinating color. In the plant world there are several different phytopigments that are responsible for reds, purples and...

Before we get started, let's agree on what I call the Foragers Pact; When foraging it’s important to leave enough for the plant to thrive...

All plant materials contain a mix of different phytochemicals. I am not going to re-invent the wheel and I will quote Wikipedia on the...

In several previous blogs you have been able to see and read more about the different results in natural dyes when using different...

They are another classic of the natural dye world. Buckthorn berries, Avignon berries, or best known as; Persian berries. Buckthorn...

Here are 4 Natural Dyes you can use without the need of a mordant. Most natural dyes really need a good mordanting, either...

It is really confusing, when you are just getting started and you are reading up on the blogs: cotton, AA, Euc, Fe dip, Steamed for 90...

testing 7 different yellow natural dyes and their tannin levels.

Using Genista Tictoria, Dyer's Greenweed as a yellow dye source

Tips and tricks on keeping your craft room organized and work-able

Tips and tricks on keeping your craft room organized and work-able

I was gifted 5 beautiful Persicaria Tinctoria plants by my new friend Hagar in the North of my country. She has been growing a field of...

Dye experiments using different alum based mordants

Different tannins give different results when eco printing with a ferrous sulfate rich target piece.