This year, that feeling hit me in rural France. We were surrounded by goldenrod swaying in the breeze, alder trees lining the riverbanks,...

It is almost the end of the Gregorian year. What a year it has been (in many, very conflicting ways). I feel that before I can start...

how to store your natural dyes and extracts

natural dyeing and eco printing with rhatany roots

Using blankets in eco printing

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

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...

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

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...

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

Improve an eco print flop in 5 minutes

(Or your second) Eco printing has been the rage for the past few years. The term minted by eco print guru India Flint has evolved at the...

10 minute DIY tea light holder from scraps

Red prints with Eucalyptus

Logwood made with a mordant called prune de monsieur, extracted from 18th century recipes.

All about the magic combination of tannins with iron

Logwood dye, in three different hues

Sappan wood (Brazil wood) how-to for textile dyeing

Dyeing methods and samples for Himalayan Rhubarb for golden browns and brick reds.