Years ago, I stumbled across an article by Rebecca Desnos, “Dyeing with nettles,” in which she shares how she achieved a beautiful green-blue hue from the stinging nettle plant. Knowing this plant is native to my area and could be found in forests and by waterways close to home, the […]
Witch’s Hair Lichen (Alectoria sarmentosa) is a common perennial lichen which can be found growing draped or strung over conifer tree limbs and deciduous shrub branches in wet old growth forests with clean air. They’re commonly found in areas between valley and mountainous forests, avoiding the immediate coast. In our […]
I always saw the indigo process as very daunting. It’s not as simple as simmering the dye stuff for an hour and soaking the fibre; it takes a lot more time, patience and thought. I had learned and practiced with indigo in school a number of times, but always had […]
Gun Eagal This collection was designed as my Final Thesis for my Bachelor of Fashion Design and Technology at the Wilson School of Design. Inspired by the art of creating and repurposing, this is a collection for Millennials with a desire to invest into a stronger society and mend the […]
The last time my grandpa had visited his father’s family in the small town of Kilkeel in Northern Ireland, it was 1956. His cousin recalls seeing my grandpa run through the fields when he was 16, which was 65 years ago. In 2019, I had the privilege of joining my […]
