Wild Textiles – foraging for seasonal natural dyes
12th October 2022
This is such a lovely seasonal natural dyeing workshop – we get in touch with the beautiful plants & flowers around us and learn how
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Experiments with natural dyes & exploration into the wonderful world of block printing.
Sacred Pattern I saw my first rangoli on the steps of the Bank of India – an intricate chalky pattern half washed away by the morning rain.
8th May 2021
I was fascinated but my friend told me not to worry – the whole city was covered with beautiful rangoli…and so she proved right. Scattered
Beautiful Woad
23rd April 2021
I’ve tried making woad a few times – always from my allotment plants which are gradually colonising more and more of my allotment…. These beautiful
New design – Sussex Oak
1st December 2020
During lockdown our church in Steyning was closed for the first time in 1,000 years – Covid had succeeded where the plague and world wars
Patternmaking workshops
17th July 2020
During lockdown I’ve had more time to explore and document my pattern making process – and share with other makers too. I have so enjoyed
Dyeing with weld
9th June 2020
This is a quick blog to tell you more about dyeing with weld – one of our most ancient and powerful of dye plants. Until
