Naturally Dyed and Hand-spun Wool and Mohair with Foraged Plants
Brown- Alder cones
Green- Ivy leaves
Yellow- Sea buckthorn Berries
Pink- Rosehips
Orange- Birch bark
Light purple- Sloe berries
Purple- Burnett rosehips
Silver- Privet berries
Silver Blue- Yarrow
Light Brown- Rowan Leaves
Pink Brown- Hawthorn Berries
Dark Brown- Acorns
50×90 cm
£500 – SOLD
What is a hedgerow?
An interwoven mess of plants, colours, food, medicine…
The hedgerow is in the season of autumn, a time of harvest, gifts and transition. When the nature of impermanence shows, like a wave it comes and goes but the energy is always continuous.
Tune into the subtleties of the colours. The more you focus, the more you see and the deeper the connection to these plants.
I don’t dye with mordant as I want the plants pure colours to shine through. This piece is also about wool. Using scrap wool and mohair, celebrating it’s texture and lusture and interaction with the plants. Using what you have and what Mother Earth provided.
The plants gave me colour and medicine, in body and spirit. And in a reciprocal relationship, I have promised to share the nature of their generosity through this piece so that others can also show appreciation. They also teach to not have expectations, and be grateful for the gifts you are given.
Milly Wakelin 