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Friday, September 18, 2015

casual garments dyed with natural indigo

a collection of casual wear dyed with indigo
- handmade and dyed in Budapest
jewellery: Pompomdesign
photo: Peruzzi Photography
model: the beautiful Nora, who is actually a long-time Botanika customer
mua:Gabriella Halasi-Szabó
hair: Boglárka Török

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

line by line

I recently started to learn handweaving, it's a beautifully meditative, feminine artful process that aligns body and soul through the repetitive process, passing the shuttle hundreds, thousands of times between the warp threads to create cloth. I dyed some indigo yarn for these two shawls

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

sneak peeks from the collection

I'm busy creating my first line of naturally dyed garments, the first mini collection is themed "Sea & Sand"
it will feature pieces dyed in shades of blue and sand

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

to close a wonderful year

Thank you for following my work on this platform, even though I have little energy to post here (for more regular updates please join me over on the BOTANIKA FB page).
Anyway here are some - mostly blue - impressions of the past two months,
I wish you all a beautiful 2015 filled with love & light.

indigo cotton pouch with detachable keychain

indigo cotton rope infinity necklaces with vintage metal accents

indigo silk velvet - the ultimate luxe accessory!

oak gall and brazilwood silk velvet scarves - so lush!

Friday, July 4, 2014

indigo - here we go!

I've been looking forward to dyeing with natural indigo for a long-long time, but I've been putting it off because it is unlike all other dye-plants. It is an ancient an unique source of colour that works through an elaborate process of oxidation, reacting to the air to bring out the beautiful blue shades.
now finally the blues are here, and I'm thrilled with the first results of my dye experiments.

me, not noticing that there was a hole in the gloves I used while dyeing with indigo

cotton gauze scarf, oxidising after removal from the dye vat

oxidation, phase 1.

oxidation, phase 2.

oxidation, phase 3 - the blues are all here!

blues, and more blues!

indigo on 20 different fabric swatches

Thursday, June 26, 2014

photoshoot props

lovely findsfrom the recent dye plant walk took centre stage today at a BOTANIKA photoshoot for the Budapest Design Week catalogue - can't wait to tell you more!