This page provides an “in-progress” alphabetical list of plants that I use successfully to eco print textiles and paper as described in my blog posts. Art, like science, reveals the invisible! Eco printing processes aim to use traditional dye plants in both old and new ways and to try plants not well known as dye sources.
While traditional dye practices provide indispensable information and guidance for eco printing, not every colour available in a plant reveals itself in a traditional immersion dye pot. Eco dyeing and eco printing are essentially direct contact printing methods, drawing out pigments from plants to make interesting and often surprising marks on cellulose (cotton, linen) and protein (silk, wool) fibres, and not necessarily to dye yardage or yarns evenly. The search for hidden colours, forms and textures is for me the lure of eco dyeing and eco printing, and a form of art.
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