#indiaflint

India Flint is an artist and writer whose works are represented in collections and museums in Germany, Latvia and Australia. She lives on a farm in rural South Australia, researching plant dyes, making artworks and planting trees.

*the ecoprint is an ecologically sustainable botanical contact print that transfers leaf dyes to cloth, clay, wood, stone or paper ; now widely adopted by makers in almost every country.

Botanical Dyeing // Context

Botanical Dyeing // Experimentation

Hapa-Zome experiments on cotton for final piece

Botanical Dyeing Project // Final Piece

The two far left pieces were made using the Shibori folding/wrapping method and my homemade red and white onion dye. The next two and the far right piece were made by eco-dyeing; layering seasonal leaves, berries and flowersl from around my neighbourhood onto the fabric, rolling up, and then steaming for several hours to release the colour. The first was made with heather, red leaves, purple flowers and bamboo leaves, the second with red and white onion skins, and the last with yellow and blue berries. The second from right piece was made using the Hapa-Zome technique of hammering plant material directly into the cloth to create a print.