Techniques
Botanical Impressions - Ecoprint
Initiated by India Flint, the botanical printing or ecoprint technique reveals the magic of plants by capturing their imprint.
The marks left by plants on paper or various fabrics using water, heat and different metals offer an infinite variety of colours and shapes, leaving plenty of room for improvisation and creation.
A direct link with nature, this technique offers infinite possibilities in a magical world full of surprises, colours and scents, and can be combined with other techniques such as shibori, rust and so many other textile explorations.
Natural dyes
The materials, which have been washed and mordanted (preparation of the fabric to allow the pigments to «cling» to the material), are immersed in baths of plants, flowers or bark that have released their colour through cooking or maceration.
Dyeing can be done hot or cold, with techniques varying according to the plant and the materials to be dyed. Garden plants, field flowers or wild shrubs, many have dyeing power.