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Broadsheet: Studio Tinta Is a One-Woman Labour of Love
While flax linen bedding will always have a place in our hearts (it’s a Broadsheet favourite), these silk pillowcases by a one-woman business have caught our attention.
Studio Tinta specialises in silk that’s dyed using natural plant materials found in owner Katie Wilkins’s daily life. She lives in the New South Wales city of Newcastle, and hand-dyes each piece to-order – she even sews some of them herself – so every pillowcase, eye mask,...
Avocado Dyeing Tips & Tricks
I've finally compiled some of your most common questions and I hope that the answers help you to make some of those tricky choices about fibres, mordants and dyes. This post is focussed on avocado dyeing because that's what the people want! And rightly so.
If you haven't already, I'd highly recommend purchasing one of the many amazing books available about natural dyeing (and downloading our free ebook, A Beginner's Guide to Natural Dyeing, if you haven't already!) If you do decide to buy a natural dyeing...
The Finders Keepers: 5 Questions with Tinta
Read our interview with The Finders Keepers market here.
In Search of Forgotten Colours: Sachio Yoshioka and the Art of Natural Dyeing
Benefits of Sleeping on Silk (And Why We Use Natural Dyes)
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