...indigo a tyrkys...

k vůním od Rafaelly... k Večernici indigové, jasmínové, hvězdné, temné i zářivé a hluboké... k Lemurianě mořské, svěží, chladivé a larimarové - hlubiny, mořské krajiny, delfíni a velryby, vítr a vlny, slaný vzduch, písek a kameny...hedvábí a buretové hedvábí rostlinkami za studena barvené...

...tak nějak...pomalu...

...dárky první vánoční, voňavé, drobnosti ze srdce, kouzelné...v makčinkově to voní hřebíčkem, pomerančem a skořicí a sněhovými vločkami taky...venku je hnědošedozeleno trochu a ty barevné experimenty, ale s jídlem se nehraje!!! to ví přece každý...

...naděje...

naděje...příslib nového jara, nového života... malé semínko...

... promise of new spring, new life...little seed...

...natural dyeing...

it is more than work, more than dyeing fabric...dyeing with plants seems to me such a meditative activity...growing, collecting and preparing dyeing materials, boiling or else processing the plants - leaves, flowers, fruits, berries...adding fabrics and waiting, waiting and rinsing and waiting again for the result...and the neverending story of colours waiting to be revealed...

...autumn colours...

...well, I am not a yelllow or orange lover I prefer muted colours, cold hues - blues, greys, pinks, violets... still sometimes I like these happy vivid colours too (in garden, in landscape and sometimes even in my jewellry - especially the autumn made collections) and I definitely like the colours I got by dyeing with dahlia and marigold flowers :-). Silk, wool and linen - all mordanted with alum - yellows come from marigolds, goldenorange and cinnamon come from dahlias - love them all even if I do not know what am I going to used them for I guess I just will have to learn to use these colors more ...

...blues

blue shades dyed with japanese indigo I grew myself from seed. I used the cold way desribed here which also Eva from tinctory uses. It was her who inspired me to try plant dyes again and thanks to whom I found about the posibbility to grow japanese indigo (so easy and rewarding is it!) and dye with it! Thanks, Eva! I love the colours I got and still have some more indigo to go!

I will used the dyed fabrics and yarn for my jewellry, they just so pretty!

...my japanese indigo...

...just started flowering, yay! I am surprised how subtle their flowers are ... and the time to harvest them has come...

...hedvábné barvení...

barvení hedvábí si vždycky moc užívám. Takový barevný zážitek oproti monochromatickému stříbru :). Zkouším přírodní barvení, ale zůstávám zatím i u barev klasických.

I really enjoy dyeing silk. It is really colourful experience compared to monochromatic silverwork (even if you use stones and glass etc.). I make experiments with natural dyes, still I use also classical silk dyes because of the colour palette I can get from them.