Natural Dyes

The colors extracted from plants can be vivid and intense, or subtle and delicate but whatever is the result, each has a uniqueness that can’t be replicated.

Natural Dye Monotypes

These Monotypes were the beginning of my exploration to understand how natural dyes interact, respond and blend with each other, just like how, various plants coexist in an ecosystem. The colors extracted from plants can be vivid and intense, or subtle and delicate but whatever is the result, each has a uniqueness that can’t be replicated.

Made Paper with Cotton rag. 15”X15”

I have tried printing these monotypes on paper made with cotton and abaca 80/20 blend as well as 100% cotton. The results varied a bit. The print on cotton paper were much brighter compared to cotton/abaca.

Kozo Moments

This structure is a gem. It is called the storage book and is one of many ingenious and innovative book structures by Hedi Kyle. I used the storage book to preserve paper samples that I made with Kozo fiber. Each sample to me is a reminder of a moment in time-the time spent in the studio learning, discovering and experimenting with the fiber.