Dit jaar overviel me dat gevoel op het Franse platteland. We waren omringd door guldenroede die in de wind wuifde, elzen langs de...

With this simple indigo resist technique I will teach you how to create a beautiful marble effect on white textiles

Two great textile workshops in the Netherlands

If you have been reading my blogs you have seen a thing or two about creating dark shades using the magical collusion of tannins with...

They are another classic of the natural dye world. Buckthorn berries, Avignon berries, or best known as; Persian berries. Buckthorn...

Rhamnus frangula on cellulose textiles

Indigo Dye Plants

Low Impact Dyeing as a new way to create impressive green blues.

Madder Crop History in the Netherlands

Dyeing with alder buckthorn bark (Rhamnus)

Some colours (especially light fast) are hard to create with natural dyes, certain shades of purple, orange and greens. For these shades...

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

Logwood dye, in three different hues

An overview of natural dye shades

Setting up an Indigo vat using Hydros as the reducer

Mordants, tannins, assists and modifiers in natural dyeing and eco printing, what are they, and what are they not.

Creating deep black hues from natural dyes in four steps.

All about the magic combination of tannins with iron

9 ways to get your natural dye project right

How to make beautiful inks for writing and painting from natural materials.