Botanical Dyed Silk Ribbon- Madder and Iron water

Botanical Dyed Silk Ribbon- Madder and Iron waterMy ribbons are dyed in small batches. You are purchasing a slow crafted handmade one of a kind piece of art. All ribbons are raw edged and a continuous 5metre length which can be purchase in 3cm, 5cm or 7cm widths. Ribbons have been wound onto handmade, by my husband, timber spools for easy storage and use. These ribbons were hand dyed by me with madder modified with iron.

I bundle my raffia into hanks of approximately 50gram (can vary from 45grams to 60grams)

These earrings have been dyed with madder powder

Approximately 6cm in diameter

This 100% Madagascan raffia has been hand dyed in an indigo vat that I created on my verandah

This box of fibres was coloured using loquat leaves

5cm or 7cm widths

This 100% Madagascan raffia has been hand dyed by me using beet powder

Their wool is grown in the central New South Wales region in Australia and process at their mill in East Bendigo

This Bendigo Luxury wool yarn has been hand dyed by me using Queen Anne Lace flowers and stems collected from my daughter's flower field @thefarmbyronbay

These earrings have been dyed in an indigo vat

but my  favourite colours are from the dyes that I extract from plants and kitchen scraps

All ribbons are raw edged and a continuous 5metre length which can be purchase in 3cm