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The documentary on the historical event of establishing the first Small and Medium Forest Enterprise (SMFE) in India

The Government of India as a part of its state planning under the eleventh plan is promoting Small and Medium Enterprise to enhance the rural income and ensure rural development. National Afforestation and Eco-development Board as a working body of Ministry… Continue

Added by SUSANTA BISWAS on August 28, 2009 at 11:59pm — No Comments

Dorie my partner in exploring plantprints.....

Dorie And I are busy exploring Dutch vegatation to make plantprints as good as eucaprints. Its a pity I don't know how to upload pictures here because I want to show you my friend works for our exhibition! Continue

Added by yvette cals on July 28, 2009 at 2:14am — 1 Comment

hi, and yes, i am an addict, too!

hola! i'm so very happy to have found this site, contacting artizans interested in exploring a more natural way to use the goodness that surrounds us to furthe our art, in a respectful and friendly way of course. i've been dyeing naturally for a couple of years now. amazingly, i've had much better luck with cellulose fibres than animal, but am slowly playing with techniques and methods to enhance my wool/silkish desires. finding india flint's site (her book is in the mail as i type this, wahoo… Continue

Added by angella on July 18, 2009 at 1:14pm — No Comments

Lavender Logwood

I am currently chronicling the beauty of summer color in the garden, with the naturally dyed yarns emerging from my dye vats. What an incredible thrill as I pulled out these skeins from the logwood dye bath! This rich purple, much deeper than a lavender really, was obtained through… Continue

Added by Rebecca Burgess on June 29, 2009 at 5:00pm — 3 Comments

The day has come!

It has finally arrived, Graduation day. All the work put into it will shine today. When I walk down the aisle I will be so happy and my friends and family will be there cheering me on. Friends which I have known all my life, some not so long but still they are the world to me. My family which I love dearly, who I wouldn't trade for anything. The love I feel today is amazing and true. Finally the day has come. When I started this school year it seemed like it would never come. But now it is here… Continue

Added by Dye Plant Girl on May 13, 2009 at 5:30am — No Comments

Wow

When I think back on the 13 years of school I have gone through, there are so many memories which I will cherish forever. But there was hard times and disappointment as well. But it has been worth it all! so tomorrow when I walk down the aisle to receive my high school diploma, I will be so happy for I have finally reached that milestone. The preparation and work that we have put into this recently will all be over, and we will enjoy all that will take place. Sarah Continue

Added by Dye Plant Girl on May 12, 2009 at 8:57am — No Comments

Sorry

Sorry bout the multiple invitations, i was having problems. It shouldn't happen again. Sarah Continue

Added by Dye Plant Girl on April 8, 2009 at 9:24pm — No Comments

New Work on Blog

I put some new pieces on my blog today, the smaller pieces are leading into much larger pieces that are more... story teller in genre http://www.kbaxterpackwood.com http://www.prairiefibers.blogspot.com Continue

Added by kimberly baxter packwood on April 6, 2009 at 9:22pm — No Comments

i'm back

I was gone Monday and Tuesday in Cincinnati. I had a great time and am glad to back. Continue

Added by Dye Plant Girl on April 1, 2009 at 1:35pm — No Comments

Best Dyes

The best dyes you can get are home grown. My dear spooky Rooster, i have done very little dyeing so far but shall do more soon. Don't worry its easy! Continue

Added by Dye Plant Girl on March 27, 2009 at 4:49pm — No Comments

Few months ago

A few months ago i got some annatto powder. I was able to color a piece of very light yellow fleece. I love the orange color it has. I need to figure out what to make out of it.I'll try to get a few pics of it up soon. I will have more time for dyeing in the summer. I enjoy it and love seeing all the wonderful colors. Sarah Continue

Added by Dye Plant Girl on March 26, 2009 at 5:47pm — No Comments

my flickr

You can see my photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/coutureuse/ Continue

Added by brigitte colleu on January 28, 2009 at 4:00am — No Comments

Why i'm here

Hello everone, i'm joining this network because of my great love for color, felting and slowcloth. I'm natural dying since last summer and although i've learnt a lot, i realize there is so much more. Especially since reading Indía's book Eco colour a whole new world opened up for me. Never thought there is so much color in one simple leaf. So that's where i startet, with a handful of simple leafs and see where they get me. I will show some photo's of the results of this. My other works you can… Continue

Added by Martine Bos on November 22, 2008 at 5:24am — 3 Comments

eco dying

My first experiment of one of the techniques which are described in the book Eco Colour of India

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Added by Dorie van Dijk on November 18, 2008 at 5:30pm — No Comments

magic lines

Do you remember the red scarf of the previous post? Well, I have re-dyed it with tea and the previous wrapped lines which seems to be disappeared suddenly popped up! (read more in the comments at the page of the groups of rusty-iron) Continue

Added by Dorie van Dijk on November 15, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments

Some musings

Thought I had better do a sort of introductory blog to let others know what I am up to. I am quite new to dyeing. My dyeing is mainly from Eucalpyt leaves. Above is a picuture of some leaves from a Red Box Eucalypt tree. I live in the

bush so I do not have to go very far to get my leave… Continue

Added by teresa glover on November 14, 2008 at 11:30pm — 3 Comments

experiment tea/rust/salt

Two days ago I did again a dye-experiment, like my first rustfufflescarf. At least I thought I did the same steps, but it came out very different. A little bit disappointed also. What happened. The materials I had used were chiffon, tea, floristbindwire and vinegar. Different was the… Continue

Added by Dorie van Dijk on November 13, 2008 at 4:00am — 1 Comment