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Monthly Archives: March 2014
redbud tree
This shrub reminds me of basket weaving. Several years ago, I took a class in Pomo Indian basket weaving at a local recreational park. For materials, the ranger took us to the fields to gather sedge roots and redbud stems. The plant materials are cleaned, and … Continue reading
Posted in dyeing, eco printing
Tagged basket weaving, cercis canadensis, pomo basket, raw silk, redbud tree, sedge roots, seed pods
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a tisket, a tasket, what’s in my basket
With luck, I spotted this gigantic of an Australian pine tree by the roadside near a small stream. The tree has thin and wispy branches and leaves that are no more than scales on the surface. It is commonly known … Continue reading
Posted in dyeing, eco printing
Tagged a tasket, a tisket, alum mordant, Australina pine, botanical, Casaurina, castor bean plant, eco-dyeing, natural dyeing, nursery rhyme, silk, silk jersey
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the 3 F’s
Recently, I was in a workshop with Pamela MacGregor in Portland. In that workshop I learned to make several interesting surface textures with wool felt and roving. It was a fun 3-day class of soaping, rubbing, and rolling! At the end … Continue reading
Posted in class/workshop, felting
Tagged roving, surface design, surface texture techniques, wool felt
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color from spices
I was born and raised in Malaysia, I am accustomed with curry leaf, or Murraya koenigii in Latin. The leaves are used as a seasoning in southern and western Indian cooking. It has a subtle and delicate flavor, and it … Continue reading
Posted in dyeing, eco printing, garden
Tagged botanical, color from spices, curry leaf, eco-dyeing, eco-friendly, Indian cooking, Indian spices, kaffir lime leaf, Malaysia, Murraya koenigii, natural dyeing, spices
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castor bean plant
For the past few months, I have been driving past a plant while on the way to work, that for no particular reason caught my attention. Then just a week or so ago, I read on Irit’s blog a post … Continue reading
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Tagged botanical, castor bean plant, castor bean tree, castor oil, eco-dyeing, eco-friendly, natural dyeing, ricin, Ricinus communis, silk jersey, tick
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flowering eucalyptus
On my way to the post office the other day, I spotted this eucalyptus with its spectacular cluster of red flowers and gumnuts. The tree has a smooth bark with broad lanceolate leaves on reddish-brown twigs. It looks majestic this time of … Continue reading
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