Wild Garden Botanicals

Silk scarves are now available at Domesticities and the Cutting Garden in Youngsville, NY

Eco printing, a contemporary application of traditional natural dyeing, combines my love of the garden and decorative design. Plant leaves and flowers are foraged from local gardens. The leaves and flowers are then arranged on textiles or paper, bundled, and steamed to extract the plant pigments (tannins) and produce a print made from the plant dyes. Various agents (such as alum acetate, iron oxide and copper sulphate) are used to react with and release the plant tannins.

Each Wild Garden Botanicals arrangement results in a unique natural art print.

Eco Prints on paper with pastel and graphite

Details on Silk and Wool