Flora inspired small-batch textiles, plant-dyeing and landscape wanderings
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Plant dyes - all the colours achievable from leaf, flower and root within around a five mile radius. The red hot poker root was a gift from a friend on Skye but that’s only several miles across the water…
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Mountain Everlasting in the local hills. First time I’ve seen this flowering.
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May 31
"As you sit on the hillside, or lie prone under the trees of the forest, or sprawl wet-legged by a mountain stream, the great door, that does not look like a door, opens."
~ Stephen Graham,
The Gentle Art of Tramping (1923)
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May 17
Along the shoreline this afternoon. Sparkly light between the rainclouds.
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May 17
…..and finally, butterwort. The grazing sheep seem to leave this one alone so it must taste bad to them.
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May 17
Silverweed flower, I was using the leaves for plant dye earlier this week.
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May 17
A few things I noticed. The sea pinks are in flower now.
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May 16
May the future belong to painters, potters, woodworkers, seamstresses, storytellers, bakers, gardeners, and people who still make things with their hands.
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May 12
I needed a quick and easy yellow plant dye today. Didn’t fancy tackling the spiky gorse bushes so gathered this leaf instead. Silverweed, which grows plentifully along the shore 1/4
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May 12
Grateful that I had some pre mordanted linen from last year, prepped with oak gall and aluminium acetate 3/4
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I pre-wetted the linen, and soaked the leaves in boiling water for a few hours then mixed them together and left the leaves in as they are easy to remove later. Will show colour tomorrow. 4/4
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May 9
Across the Sound of Raasay
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May 10
The most exquisite examples of Mountain everlasting seen this week in a commonage in Co Galway. The number of petals! The colour! The intricacy of these beautiful flowers. #wildflowerhour
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A constellation of alder leaves, on an inky hillside loch. This mini crossbody shoulder bag is one of a new batch of bags I’ve been working on this week. Available now on my website ✨✨
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