Tag Archives: Natural dyeing

Banksia Book – Constructed

Posted on June 6, 2021 by Claire B

Over recent months I’ve documented my progress in printing some Banksia themed solar plates I was given late last year. Some of them are quite worn, or possibly not etched deeply enough to start with, but they have been a … Continue reading →

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Workshop: Eco-printing with Wendy Joyce

Posted on April 19, 2021 by Claire B

Anyone who follows my site will know I’ve done a bit of eco-printing/dyeing over the years, but I’ve never tried it using a steaming method. Last week I was introduced to this new technique by eco-printer Wendy Joyce in her … Continue reading →

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Another take on natural dyeing

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Claire B

Over the years I’ve done a range of techniques to apply both natural colour (i.e. colour extracted from nature: leaves, bark, berries, plant stems) and natural patterns (i.e. leaf imprints, petals, fronds, pine needles, etc.) to both cloth and paper. … Continue reading →

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Natural Dyeing with Kirsten Ingemar

Posted on January 13, 2019 by Claire B

5 days natural dyeing at Sturt summer school  was an enjoyable way to start the new year. The course was interesting although I already knew much of what was taught.  I went for several reasons; I’ve never really had a … Continue reading →

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Print 1. Experimentation – Further natural dyeing trials

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Claire B

A month ago I achieved some extremely good natural dyeing results on paper.  I confess that I like the paper outcomes more than fabric.  Perhaps it’s just that my focus is very paper based currently, or maybe it is that … Continue reading →

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Print 1. Experimentation – Natural dyeing

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Claire B

A fun day on Friday dyeing cloth and paper with my friend and OCA mate, Judy.  She has already posted a review and some of her results here and her pieces are terrific. Moving away from my normal routine, where … Continue reading →

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Print 1. Comparing paper

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Claire B

A few days ago I boiled up my pots and did some natural dyeing, always a fun experience.  The examples here are comparisons between some paper I dyed a while ago in a pot with eucalyptus leaves/bark/twigs + iron sulphate … Continue reading →

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Journal-making Workshop

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Claire B

Last weekend I attended a 2 day journal making workshop with the intention of learning how to combine a variety of papers into stitched books.  I’m hoping this will be something I can incorporate in my current OCA course using … Continue reading →

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Paper dyeing – Transferring an image

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Claire B

Natural dyeing experimentation. My head is moving in the direction of printing, as that is what I’ll be doing for the next year or so in my coursework.  Whilst dyeing isn’t strictly printing, it is still a method of transferring … Continue reading →

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Assignment 5 – Stage 5 Dyeing

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Claire B

Further natural dyeing trials. Having already experimented with natural dyes earlier in this assignment (posted here) I have been continuing but have moved away from golds, browns and charcoals into more dull green colours. Whilst I have been working solely … Continue reading →

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Sketchbook work – recording colour samples

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Claire B

Natural Dyeing – Recording the process. I now have an excellent record of how these effects were achieved so they can be replicated on different fabrics in the future.

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Assignment 5 – Stage 3: Colour Development

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Claire B

Developing design ideas – colour choices Whilst developing my project design I’ve also worked further on my colours choices.  In Stage 2 I chose my palette from a source photo, made some yarn wrappings and painted some swatches.  I used … Continue reading →

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