Have you got any feathered friends living in your felt pods? All the birds at Clasheen choose to build their nests elsewhere but that doesn’t stop me enjoying pod making then eco printing them with leaves from the property!!! ...
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...
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...
Time is ticking to register for my intensive course Eco Printing with Eucalyptus in the ‘Dirty Pot’. If you don’t have access to eucalyptus you can work with onion skins and I also share a list some of my favourite vegetation to use for this...
It's been fantastic sharing so much free information about eco printing in the 'dirty pot' via the two live-streams that I facilitated this week. If you enjoyed what you saw and would like to take the next step, my new online course is open for...
Would you like to join me online next Tuesday, 13th December at 1pm ET, 6pm GMT (relay available) for a FREE action packed workshop, Colouring Textiles with Eucalyptus in the 'Dirty Pot'? I'll share a simple eco printing 'recipe' with you so that even if...
E.Cordata gives wonderful red prints in the ‘dirty pot’ but how do you identify the windfall leaves when they are mixed with other varieties? I have a lot of different varieties of eucalyptus in my garden and therefore the leaves can easily get mixed up. A...
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...
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...
Have you got any feathered friends living in your felt pods? All the birds at Clasheen choose to build their nests elsewhere but that doesn’t stop me enjoying pod making then eco printing them with leaves from the property!!! During locked down I offered several 'felt...