Category Archives: Ecology

A First Try at Eco-Dyeing with Staghorn Sumac (Rhus Typhina)

Posted on August 26, 2018 by

I was delighted, when we first came in May last year to inspect what was to become our new home,  to find no less than four mature Staghorn Sumac trees flourishing in the garden, for I knew Sumac to be … Continue reading →

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And Another Eco Print on Watercolour Paper

Posted on February 15, 2018 by

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Eco Print on Watercolour Paper

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Happy New Year – Bring it On 2018

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First Attempt at Dyeing with Mushrooms

Posted on October 30, 2017 by

“Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder’s fork and blind-worm’s sting, … Continue reading →

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Secret Studio

Posted on October 20, 2017 by

This was my secret studio during the period of The Great Transition, where I began to discover the eco collograph.  It’s the shed at our allotment. It has a veranda which we closed in with trellising, including the trellis door … Continue reading →

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Eco Collographs: Shaking the Tree

Posted on July 11, 2017 by

What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree?     Logan Pearsall Smith The image above is another of my experiments with eco collographs on 300gsm watercolour paper. Look like … Continue reading →

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Oak Flowers on Silk – an Epitaph

Posted on April 21, 2017 by

There may not be another Spring in this park, so here is a bouquet in tribute, of flowers of oak, on silk. Continue reading →

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Hope: Satish Kumar Talking at 42 Acres, Shoreditch, London, April 2017

Posted on April 17, 2017 by

As promised in my blog Soil Soul Society, about the inaugural 42 Acres talk in their new London venue, here is the You Tube video made at the event, which I attended. I particularly liked Satish’s comments on Hope towards … Continue reading →

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Soil Soul Society: Satish Kumar Talks at 42 Acres London

Posted on April 2, 2017 by

42 Acres describes itself as “… a retreat space nestled within a secluded Somerset valley.”  And it has just established a beautiful centre in a deconsecrated church in the heart of Shoreditch, East London. The other night I attended the … Continue reading →

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