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010 manequin copy
Silk Scarf

On sale

010 detail
Acer leaves

On sale

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021

On sale

021 detail
021 Detail
070 detail
070 Detail
028 manequin close up
028 details

On sale

042 manequin outdoors
042
042 detail
042 detail
043 manequin close up
043 detail
062 manequin 2
062

On sale

064 detail
064 detail
069 manequin copy
069
069 manequin detail
069 detail
071 on table
071 detail

On sale

072 manequin 2
072
072 detail 2
072 detail
073 manequin detail
073
073 detail 2
073 detail
choosing leaves
Choosing leaves
Testing
Testing
Washing up
Washing up
washed out wool
Washed out wool
to dry
To dry
A matter of Ph
A matter of ph
test in studio
Test in studio
soaking before mordanting
Soaking wool yarns
soaking oak leaves
Soaking oak leaves
Soaking bark
Soaking bark
shibori2
Shibori
shibori
Shibori
sampling lilac leave
lilac leaf
revealing eco-print
Revealing eco-print
Prep eco-print with rust
Prep eco-print with rust
Prep eco-print
Prep eco-print
Prep eco-print
Prep eco-print
opening eco-print2
Opening eco-print
Hung to dry
Hung to dry
ecoprint on predyed
Ecoprint on predyed
Drying up rack
Drying up rack
afters
Afters
EcoZoom
Eco zoom
sumac
Sumac
onion
Onion
Heuchera and Lilac
Heuchera and lilac
golden rod
Golden rod
Eucaliptus
Eucaliptus
budleia
Budleia
Apple and others
Apple and others
Agapanthus and mixed flowers
Agapanthus and mixed flowers
ATE17 2019 silk
Silk
ATE17 2019manequin
Display with manequin
FPAC1detail placing
Placing details
FPAC1ecoprintroll
Eco print roll
FPAC1girls unwrapping
Unwrapping
FPAC1potelderberries
Elder Berries Dye

A hot Elder berry dye pot with simple shibori design on cotton.

FPAC1madder
Madder
Preparing Rubarb Mordant
Rubarb and me
FPAC1unwrapping coreopsis
Unwrapping coreopsis
FPAC2 - Skeins
Skeins
FPAC2budleia
Budleia
Isa's Indigodress Susan
Indigo Silk Dress

Silk Dress with an Indigo Shibori Design Model: Susan Simon Diehl

Isa's Madderdress Isa
Madder and LAC Silk Dress

Silk dress with Madder and LAC Model: Isa Simon Diehl

Isa's showroom
Showroom
Isa's showroom2
Showroom
scouring in FPAC1
Scouring
Testing Bearded Iris ink
Testing bearded Iris ink
Dyeing Wool
Thin Dyed Wool - greens, pinks, greys

Thin dyed wool ready to play with in a range of greens, blue greys and pinks

Corindale Wool
Corindale Wool - Greens

Corindale Wool dyed with Weigela Leaves and Flowers, Chlorophyll Extract, Sorrel Leaves and Cherry Tree Bark

Wool Dye with Dahlia Flowers
Shetland Wool dyed with Dahlia and Coreopsis Flowers

The dye for this wool came from a bush of Yellow Dahlias and 2 varieties of Coreopsis.

FPAC1 results wool
Testing natural dyes on Wool

Testing natural dyes on wool during Finsbury Park ARt Club workshop in August 2020.

silk scraps
Silk scraps

There's always little bits leftover that I like to re-use.

I get easily distracted sometimes
Westerly view from studio
View of Studio Roof
Studio Roof
E17 Art Trail 2019
E17 Art Trail - The Wonder of Colour

Listening to life music during the opening night of The Wonder of Colour, as part of the E17 Art Trail 2019

Moth
Moth

A moth inside the studio

Wool Thin from SA strong speckels
Speckle Dyed Wool

Wool dye with Madder,

FPAC1pompoms
Pom Pom's to test dyes

testing natural dyes at Finsbury Park Art Club workshop in August 2020

Preparing an Eco Print

Preparing a Eco print on a pre-dyed silk scarf

extracting dye from flowers

pot extracting dye from coreopsis and dahlia flowers on a sunny day

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