Happy Lunar New Year of the Dragon
I celebrated the lunar new year by drawing a lot of dragons and embroidering a couple onto Madder Root dyed fabric. I later stitched it into a Chinese Qing dynasty purse. Happy Lunar New Year of the Dragon!
Munich Trip, Natural Dye Factory Trip & Sketches
A short trip to chilly Munich, sorting through the extensive network of German trains, and completely inspired by a natural pigment factory in the small town, Aichstetten.
Embroidery on Oak Gall Dyed Fabric
Double darning and close button stitch embroidery on Oak Gall-dyed fabric, Oak Galls foraged in the wilds of Coimbra.
Sketches from my NL trip
Some sketches from my sketchbook which I started in the Netherlands and finished in Lisbon. I made some madder root pastels, onion skin paints, and acorn ink to use them in these sketches.
Moro em Lisboa – Turkish Red (Madder) Dyed Tapestry
I finished up my embroidered tapestry today, a project I started back in October. I studied the ancient Turkish red dyeing method, experimenting with various mordants to see how the results compared. Sharing some pics of the completed tapestry and the process shots of the dyeing and embroidery. I’ve also shared my notes and the …
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Embroideries for Wenlin Studio Travel Pouches
A collection of hand embroidery mock-ups which I prepared for Wenlin Studio Large travel pouch collection in London. Most of these design samplers were used by the artisans in Punjab to copy and make them into a small batch to be sold on Wenlin Studio Website.
Print Collection for a London Brand
I first hand-painted and then made a collection of vector-based repeatable prints on Adobe Creative Suite for a textile brand in London.
Wenlin Studio Project
Wenlin Studio project, founded by Gul in 2019 in London, UK, is a socially conscious brand dedicated to advancing sustainable fashion and textiles. Our mission is to preserve traditional techniques in textile embellishments that are being lost with time. Through our handmade, artisanal approach, we create objects of beauty that promote a more ethical and …
Hello world!
Welcome to my blog. I hope to write here about my projects, natural dyeing, embroideries, textiles, paintings, travels, and little things that inspire me. Sharing the image of a vintage poster that I acquired from the Fiets Museum, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. I was very inspired by the mechanics of bikes in that museum and wish …