Cycle of Dye Plants
March 2025 ongoing
Natural dyeing, Paints, Plant cycle
A collection of photographs documenting parts of the life cycle of various historically significant dye plants, including: woad (Isatis tinctoria), Japanese indigo (Persicaria tinctoria), madder (Rubia tinctorum), dyer’s weld (Reseda luteola), and some flowers such as coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria) and calendula (Calendula officinalis). These plants are cultivated for natural dyeing and also for the extraction of pigments.
