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Rose Leaf Ecoprint and Nettle Dye Pure Silk Scarf

Rose Leaf Ecoprint and Nettle Dye Pure Silk Scarf

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This softy coloured scarf brings you a tangible connection to nature, with the lovely eco printed rose leaves and nettle dye giving wonderfully subtle shades which blend beautifully.

Eco printing is a slow, reflective process - perfectly in tune with taking time to dwell on the beauty in the natural world. I gathered the rose leaves from my garden in late spring and dipped them in rust water to enhance the prints, which are lovely, detailed green with areas of brown and charcoal grey, darker at the ends. I then used nettle dye I had made the previous week to give a soft gold shade, with a hint of green, to the background. The pigments transfer right through the fabric, with clearer prints on the front, and the prints are permanent. The silk holds a memory of the time it has spent in contact with the leaves and the exact way in which it was bundled with them. Tiny pleats and furrows formed during the process will be set into the fabric together with the colours, resulting in a piece with totally unique qualities.

The scarf is pure silk crepe de chine 8, which has a lovely drape and sheen and feels beautiful to wear. Slight imperfections of the weave of the fabric are characteristic. It is approximately 180cm x 35cm, has a hand-rolled edge and can be gently handwashed. It will be sent by Royal Mail First Class Recorded Delivery.

Please be aware that monitor colours vary, and that I work in a smoke-free home but do have enthusiastic cat help from time to time !

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I constantly see beautiful leaves whose characters I long to transfer to cloth, either in the garden or while out walking nearby. With the addition of the gentle, harmonious shades of natural dyes the possible combinations of colour and form are vast.

Eco printing is a natural-dyeing technique where leaves are bundled with fabric and heat from steam or water releases the dye found inside them, creating an imprint sometimes breathtakingly full of detail, at other times more diffused. Leaves from the same plant in another season may yield different colours as the pigments have subtly altered during the weeks and months.

It takes many hours to prepare the cloth, lay and bundle the plant material, heat and wait, unwrap and wash – truly slow-living. I use no powdered mordants, just natural substances. The unwrapping of each bundle is always joyful, exciting and often a complete surprise. You can read more about the making and dyeing of this scarf on my blog.

This item will be posted to you by Gathered Hue within 5 days of receiving payment.

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Designed by Lou Jackson in Leicestershire

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