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Dye on the wild side

October 27, 2015September 6, 2019 | laramantell

Dyeing at West Dean

Foraging, and concocting; with help of expert tutor Penny Walsh, I learnt to use mordants and natural dyes to produce an array of colours. I was astonished at the depth and vibrancy of the colours achieved.

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Afternoon in a sunny studio. Pomegranate from the market, iron from the earth. #naturaldyeprinting #cutpaperstencils

Glide into Spring-Summer. A beautiful sunny day for seeing this fronting the Heal’s website. One of the two prints on paper with bio-waste, designed by @flo_hawkins and myself at @ceres_naturaldyesprints for @heals_furniture #ss19 #naturaldyeprinting

Painting Spring. #floralfortextiles #paintforprint #brixtoninbloom

In urban Brixton a feast of colours; raspberry citrus-mustard and blueberry jam were transposed into natural dye pastes and printed onto summer-soft European linen. Glide and Circuit are designed and hand printed by @ceres_naturaldyesprints Launched by @heals_furniture for their #ss21 range.

Glide and Circuit launched by Heal’s today. Designed by @flo_hawkins and myself in the heat of summer 2020; on trains, on picnics, and by the seaside. Inspired by crisscross train tracks, curves of Shropshire hills, modern architecture, and stripes of sun-dappled chair. Silk-screen printed by hand on Somerset paper in our studio in Brixton @ceres_naturaldyesprints #healsfurniture #ss21

8 colour silk screen print designed and done on the kitchen table by @_r_n_h_ Each colour has been printed using a cut-out newsprint stencil. I will be using the photos of this process for teaching @wimbledondyeroom #printathome #handprintedtextiles

An object that represents me. First session of MA in Academic Practice in art at Ual. Natural dye printed linen. A juxtaposition of knowledge. Preconceived about the colours that were printed, anticipated the colours to be revealed by the fixation process.

Love printing on calico. Twice washed, and then ironed damp, it makes a perfect print surface. My inner domestic goddess relegates ironing to a studio activity.

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