This is a very special project that I’ve been working on, with the intention of connecting through plants and colour to the seasons of Spring and Summer.

This limited edition of only ten, curated boxes of handmade ribbon and raffia contains eight botanically dyed elements, each of which have been dyed using seasonal plants that capture the essence of Spring & Summer colour..

Gathering only what I need for a single dye pot, I have made unique colours from madder root, weld, willow, buddleia, marigold, cosmos and indigo.

This is an authentic, truly seasonal colour palette and a celebration of the seasons, a bountiful time for the natural dyer & a time of saturated colour in the garden & beyond.

Each box contains eight hand crafted and botanically dyed elements. This season I have used bias cut 100% habotai silk, 100% silk satin and cotton/linen mix to make the ribbons which are wound onto wooden spools. There is also a playful bundle of naturally dyed raffia, along with an ingredients card.

Some are solid colour, others are marbled or bundle dyed.

My hope is that these differing widths and materials offer an assortment of textures and finishes for your summer floral work.

The box contains:

2 × 100% silk, bias cut habotai ribbons measuring 5cm x 2.2m

2 x 100% silk, bias cut habotai ribbons measuring 5cm x 2.2m

2 x 100% silk, bias cut habotai ribbons measuring 1.5cm x 2.2m

1 x cotton/linen ribbon measuring 3cm x 1.3cm

1 × 30g bundle of natural raffia

There are only TEN boxes of this series available.

The ribbons are dyed by hand using pure plant based ingredients, without the use of chemicals.

These colours are unique due to the seasonal plant ingredients used. There may be very slight marbling or marking along the the ribbons. This is due to the hand dyeing process and I believe, is part of their unique charm.

Every care has been taken photograph the colour as accurately as possible and in natural light, however there may be variance with screen monitors. Silk refracts the light and plant dyes contain complex pigments which are hard to capture on screen.

Images 1-6 by the incredible Leigh Chappell Flowers (@leigh.chappell.flowers)

Images 2-4 featuring Irises by @twistedsisters and @elizabethroadgardens