Celtic Colours series
A series of cards with a design based on Celtic themes and on natural dyes common in Celtic times. The design panels all use textiles dyed with natural dyes on a base of handmade paper that often incorporates plant and vegetable artefacts.
Each 6" by 4" card (15cm by 10cm) is made from 100% recycled materials and bears a unique design on the centre of the front cover. The designs comprise a handmade paper background with a foreground of silk dyed with natural dyes and natural artefacts. All the cards are unique and the design may vary from the photograph.
The inside of the card is left blank for your own message.
Woad, Weld and Madder
This design uses several types of silk dyed with plant dyes: red from madder roots, yellow from weld leaves and blue from woad. The green is weld over-dyed with woad. The handmade paper in the background may contain dandelion seeds and dyed silk threads.
WWM-01
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Celtic Colours
This design is made with several types of silk dyed with plant dyes: red from madder roots, yellow from weld leaves and blue from woad. The green is weld over-dyed with woad. The embroidery threads are silk dyed with plant dyes. The brown paper in the background is made from onion skins mixed with recycled paper.
CEC-01
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Woad Dreaming
This design is made with several types of silk (and sometimes cotton and hemp) dyed with woad. The handmade paper in the background was also dyed with woad. Occasionally, I add small pieces of silk dyed red with madder roots or yellow with weld leaves.
WOD-01
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The Four Elements
Earth, Air, Fire and Water
This design is made with several types of silks dyed with plants: green is for Earth from weld over-dyed with woad, yellow is for Air from weld leaves, red is for Fire from madder roots and blue is Water from woad. All the colours in the card were in use in celtic and medieval times.
ELE-01
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