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Embroidered Small Coin Purse

This small embroidered coin purse is inspired by the traditional purses of the Qing Dynasty. The pouch’s face is dyed with madder roots, embroidered with stranded cotton threads, and lined with...

Matters of the heart

Quick sketches in my sketchbook using the madder watercolor paints that I had made earlier from leftover dyebaths. The sketches depict the theme of my daily life on the Lisbon coast: attending...

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...

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...

Barcelona Trip, Sketches & Workshop

2 weeks-long trip to Barcelona for a natural dyeing workshop...
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