Making natural paint

I’ve been making an exciting foray into the world of natural paints and inks. It’s not so different from natural dyeing really. You can use the same dye plants but just create a really strong dye b…

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We had so much fun making, painting, and SMELLING these spice paints!

When I walk along the landscape here, I am greeted with the deep oranges and yellow oxides of our soils laden with heavy amounts of clay and iron. These colors are reflected each time I dig into the subsoil, and as I drive through the countryside where mountains were cut through for roads. In other

Watch how I mixed my own watercolor paint from natural pigments! This was such a fun process that brought intention and mindfulness...

Sustainable living advocate Rebecca Sullivan has made an art form of natural living, with books on everything from edible flowers to using herbs for health and wellbeing, as well as running a ‘Granny Skills’ program that brings communities of women together to preserve the culture, skills, knowledge and traditions of our elders. Here, she shares her very […]

In this blog post I’ll show you how to quickly and simply extract dye from coreopsis flowers using hot water. This makes a beautiful dye that can be used like watercolour paint. Then we’ll play with lemon juice and bicarbonate of soda (baking soda) to make a wider range of colours. The paint only takes...

As you might be aware from reading my blogs, crafting is one of my other hobbies and when crafting and history meet, I’m even happier! This week (May 8th & 9th 2018), I attended a 2 day…

How to make green ink with two simple ingredients: grass and water.