This project has been an attempt at undesrtanding ecological literacy, sustainability and slow textiles.

I have explored the art of colouring through my culinary experience in Sweden. 

The focus of this project was to explore making natural dyes for textiles through everyday food wastes and through indigenously consumed food. Thus, it was a documentation of my culinary experience through the

medium of textiles. 

 

It is also an attempt at understanding slow textiles, as most of the wastes have been collected over a period of time. Some of the everyday wastes that was used were tea bags, coffee powder, orange rind and

avocado peel.

Black rice, olives, berries and purple cabbage have also been tried in the explorations.

 

 

 

A dye bath made from blackberries and raspberries

  Raspberry dyed silk 

Blueberry dyed silk

A dye bath made from tea leaves, coffee powder and mushrooms

Coffee dyed silk

Tea dyed silk

A dye bath made from black rice, olives, purple cabbage and passion friut

Berries and purple cabbage dyed linen

Black rice and olive dyed silk 

A dye bath made from yellow, red onion and avocado peel 

Red onion dyed silk

Yellow onion dyed silk 

A dye bath made from dried orange peel, beetroot and compost

Orange peel dyed silk

compost dyed wool

Beetroot dyed silk

Wool dyed from red onion, yellow onion, purple cabbage, tea leaves, coffee powder, olives and berries.

Machine Knitted explorations

Tufted surfaces