Series 01
Hickory Nuts Dye – Part 1
The first entry of a hickory nut dyeing series: collecting and preparing the nuts, and beginning the color that the shells give back.
Dyeing
Natural Dyeing & Fiber Arts
Dyeing with plant material is an adventure — a slow, curious process of gathering bark, nuts and husks, then watching color arrive in cloth.
See the projectsDocumented dyeing projects
Selected notes and processes from the Enchanted Hue journal, written in multi-part series as each dye bath developed.
Series 02
Hickory Nuts Dye – Part 2
The process continues with the dye bath itself — straining, steeping and recording how the color deepens across the fiber.
Technique
Pickled Silk
A pickled silk project inspired by the work of fiber artist India Flint and her approach to dyeing with anything found in nature.
An inspiration in fiber
The Pickled Silk post is inspired by one of the author's favorite fiber artists, India Flint. Her unique approaches to dyeing with anything found in nature are described as very inspiring, and her fabrics breathtaking.
To see her work in person, the post points readers in the Boston area to Gilda’s Boutique in Newton, MA — a place where India Flint's work has been shown.
From the journal
Posts that shaped the dyeing side of the blog, from the pickled silk study to the hickory nut series.
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Pickled Silk
This post is inspired by one of the author's favorite fiber artists, India Flint. Her unique approaches to dyeing with anything found in nature are very inspiring, and her fabrics are breathtaking. Readers located in the Boston area were pointed to Gilda’s Boutique in Newton, MA to see her work in person.
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Hickory Nuts Dye – Part 2
The second installment in the hickory nut series, continuing the record of dyeing with plant material.
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Hickory Nuts Dye – Part 1
The opening chapter of the hickory nut dyeing series, where the plant-based color work begins.
A note on the series
Dyeing with plant material is an adventure — part experiment, part patience, and always a little surprise.
Alongside the dyeing projects, the blog also ran recurring features such as Monday Mood Board, Wordless Wednesday and Friday Facets, so the fiber work sat beside photographs, color studies and visual serendipity.
Historical note: the projects and references gathered here were published between November 2009 and April 2015, when the site was regularly active. They are shown here as a record of that work.
See the color work
Mood boards, wordless photographs and Friday Facets round out the visual side of Enchanted Hue.
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