Leaf Blooms Art

Larkspur, coreopsis, chamomile, lac, and logwood on white silk… always a joy to use fresh flowers

Coreopsis flowers fresh from the garden on silk dyed with copper chlorophyllin

Tulip poplar tree blossom! I have never seen one before. I love it!

Silk hoops dyed with indigo, madder, logwood, weld, marigold, cosmos, sappanwood, cochineal, and copper chlorophyllin. My goal was demonstrate the vibrancy of botanical dyes.

You are wonderful and inspire me in so many ways! Thank you for sharing yourself!

This silk bandana was hand-dyed using natural botanical extracts and homegrown plants. The silk was first immersed in a warm bath of madder root extract, then carefully arranged with homegrown cosmos petals and cochineal. It was rolled tightly and steamed to allow the colors to infuse the fabric.

Today was full of hopeful protests. We need more hope. #ecoprint #botanicaldye

A few stacks of eco prints on watercolor paper… My eco printing process for these sets started with soaking the paper in an alum and water solution. The leaves were immersed in iron vinegar prior to placement on the papers. The papers and plants were compressed together and steamed.

This fringed scarf was hand-dyed with cochineal extract, creating a deep red shade. Then the scarf was rolled and steamed with logwood chips creating a dark blue speckled pattern.

Cochineal (Dactylopius coccus) is a parasitic, scaled insect that feeds on prickly pear cacti.

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Terrifying, truly, terrifying.

My first time using barberry root and onion skins… I heated the silk in a bath of barberry root bark (yellow) and logwood chips (blue) to create the green hue. Next, I laid out the scarf with yellow onion skins, blackberries, and orange cosmos flowers, rolled and steamed it.

Botanical dye eco print on watercolor paper created by steaming homegrown cosmos, coreopsis, and alder leaves. #botanicaldye #ecoprint

Beautiful!

To achieve this beautiful green shade, I heated this silk scarf in a bath of marigolds. Next, I dyed it with logwood extract (blue/purple). The silk was also steamed with a variety of plants to create the speckled pattern. #botanicaldye #logwood

Botanical dye eco print of homegrown cosmos blossoms and larkspur with a sprinkling of logwood dust on watercolor paper. #botanicaldye #ecoprint

Finally had enough botanical colors to make a rainbow. #LGBTQIA+ #ally #botanicaldye

My favorite dye flower

So much potential!!

Silk scarf bandana hand-dyed with cochineal extract and dried coreopsis flowers, creating a speckled pattern.

Cochineal (Dactylopius coccus) is a parasitic, scaled insect that feeds on prickly pear cactus. #botanicaldye #naturaldye #ecoprint

Botanical dye eco print created using homegrown cosmos and coreopsis flowers with oak leaves which were soaked in iron vinegar.

To make this eco print, I compressed and steamed the leaves between two sheets of watercolor paper so that the plant pigments would transfer.

Thank you! I love your rainbow of colors!

Thank you! It is my passion!

Thank you! I can’t get enough color in my life!

This bright yellow-orange speckled silk bandana was hand-dyed with weld, a natural plant extract. Next, the silk was steamed with cochineal and logwood extracts to create the pink and purple/blue speckled pattern.

Weld or dyer’s weed (Reseda luteola), originated in Europe and Western Asia.

Thank you! I was pleased with the colors.

Thank you!!!

Organic cotton socks printed using a variety of coreopsis flowers #ecoprint #botanicaldye

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Pretty pink silk scarf bandana speckled orange marigold petal and purple logwood chip prints. This scarf was hand dyed with Peruvian cochineal for the pink base. Then it was steamed with marigold petals and logwood chips.

"Garden and Maple Medley" was made from home grown cosmos and coreopsis flowers and a hawthorn maple leaf.

To make this eco print, I compressed and steamed the plants between two sheets of watercolor paper so that the pigments would transfer. Once dry, I mounted the paper to cradled wood canvas.