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Textiles, Design and Research

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...

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...

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...

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...
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