Wool combines with silk, flora colours fibre, fleece is transformed to felt or yarn …these are the connections I love to explore through craft.
detail from “Paths to Peace”, wool felt with fabric and stitchingeco-printing or bundle dyeing, inspired by the work of India Flint, Nicola Brown, and a generous online community of dyers who love to share the results of their experiments.
Each bundle-dyed piece tells a unique story combining the elements of water, soil, leaves, fire, cloth and time. It is such a delight to work directly with the textures and palette of local plant material.
maple and oak leaves print on silk shirtShetland fleece for spinningMy Haldane Shetland wheel