▲ TRINITY ▲

Három nagy-múltú festőnövény színeivel dolgozom mostanában, amelyek a festőrezeda (sárgák), a festőbuzés (barack-lazac-táglavörös-rózsaszínek), és az indigó (kékek).
Készül az új ▲TRINITY ▲ mini-kollekció!
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I'm working with three classic dyes for my new mini collection, entitled ▲TRINITY ▲: 
weld (yellows), madder (pinks, peaches and brick reds) and indigo (blues).

the making of a crochet scarf

it all begun with a big box full of naturally dyed lace wool yarn

then the palette was laid out

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

dyetests

days filled with colour in the studio

since the summer

September and October have been the busiest I've seen in a long while.
From natural dyeing workshops and a special order of indigo goodies by the MAK Design Shop in Vienna  during the 2014 Budapest Design Week, to launching our beautiful new studio space with designer friend, Bori of Pompomdesign, I have been dyeing all colours of the rainbow.

little balls of colour

naturally dyed wool balls for some crochet projects that I have in the works

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

macramé & natural dyes

first experiments

dyed uing onion skins and rose petals

sneak preview

botanical rainbows

silk & cotton dye samples

pastel cotton gauze scarves

Mimi approves.

new naturally dyed silk sample for S/S 14