NATURAL DYES

Since old times women in the Zagori region have been using plants from the area to dye sheep wool. From walnuts they would make brown colour, from mountain tea  yellow, from onion skins bronze!

These were some of their favorite plants because the colors made from them were indelible. In seeking the secrets of plant dyes I met many local women that happily shared their knowledge and experiences with me.

At first I used their own recipes but then inspired by the rich flora of the region I experimented with all sorts of plants. Depending on the season, leaves, bark, roots and fruits became the raw material in my experiments resulting in a rich palette of earthly tones.