Ecoprint Silk Scarf
Ecoprint dying is the process of transferring a plant’s color, shape, and texture onto fabrics creating lively patterns. These 100% silk scarves are dyed with plants from Barbara Mutrux’s many gardens or locally foraged. A wide variety of plants can be used in ecoprint dying, each revealing it’s own unique properties in the dye bath, and many leaving recognizable imprints on the fabric, like maple leaves, ferns, and black currant berries and stems.
Each piece of wearable art is one-of-a-kind. Hand wash, air dry, and iron on silk setting.
Barbara Mutrux makes wearable, functional, and fun fiber art from her homestead in Craftsbury Common, Vermont. She began experimenting with wet felting techniques in 2005, and now uses nuno, ecoprint, and natural dying techniques to create colorful and whimsical pieces for your wardrobe or home. She grows some plants for ecoprinting in her home gardens, and forages for other wild plants with special dying or resist characteristics. A member of the Northeast Feltmakers Guild, Barbara teaches and takes classes whenever possible.