Join me for the FREE Art of Handmade Summit and discover how one old wool sweater can be transformed into several unique pieces of wearable art using eco printing, readily available vegetation and simple equipment that many of us already have. Click HERE to explore what’s...
[video width="1080" height="1920" mp4="https://nicolabrown.ie/wp-content/uploads/Eco-Summit-Instagram-Reel-1.mp4"][/video] Woo Hoo, HobbyScool's FREE Back to Creativity Summit starts tomorrow and rruns from 18th to 20th August. My presentation airs on Day 2, Wednesday 19th August, when I'll be sharing my favourite way to eco print linen, cotton and other cellulose fabrics in...
Join me online on August 19th for Day 2 of HobbyScool's upcoming Back to Creativity Summit and discover my favourite way to eco print linen, cotton and other cellulose fabrics in the dirty pot! You'll have FREE access to my presentation for 24 hours so...
Home grown eucalyptus leaves from Clasheen provide the colour on these lightly quilted woollen Elm Leaves. Although designed as blankets, the leaves that I made during pattern testing make the most amazing seat pads outside on cold winter days. The old woollen blanket that I...
There’s a beautiful Asian feel to this linen table runner that Liga printed at Clasheen as part of Nurture during August 2021. Eco printing without traditional powdered mordants is a fascinating process, some plants print beautifully and are totally wash fast while others give absolutely...
Marion at Beautiful Silks truly supplies beautiful and ethically sourced materials for textile artists, novice and experienced alike. This particular one is an organza silk mesh with cotton bobbles and was part of my purchase from Marion at Geelong Textile and Fibre Forum last time I...
One of my favourite fabrics to work with is wool and it’s difficult to beat the drama of simple onion skins when it comes to reliable prints! I’ve a selection of comfortable, feather filled cushions on various chairs and couches at Clasheen, the covers are...
I love how beautifully onion skins release their colour on protein based fabrics when eco printing in the dirty pot without traditional powered mordants. This does not mean that this 12.5 momme silk satin scarf isn’t washable or colourfast, it is. The colours achieved have a...
When you are eco printing, do you ever cut your vegetation to create different shapes? Here I used sliced Euca. cordata leaf’s on an achiote (annatto) soaked lambswool wrap, the fabric was woven locally for me by Philip at Cushendale Woolen Mill. Why not try slicing...
It’s endlessly fascinating how sustained temperature and length of processing time affects the final colours achieved when printing with eucalypts. Both the varieties I’ve used here (nichollii and gunni ‘Azura’) print hot red usually but with less processing and intermittent heat the reds are less...