Botanical printing & Wearable art
My work is a quiet conversation with the land, rooted in the belief that nature is a collaborator rather than simply a subject. I translate the fleeting essence of leaves, twigs, and seasonal blooms into lasting artifacts. Each piece is a tactile meditation, honoring the intricate, often overlooked narratives of the wild.
My creative process is a form of botanical alchemy, where I transfer the raw tannins and pigments of flora directly onto paper and fabric to create ghostly, high-fidelity imprints of nature’s ecologies. Enhanced by dyes foraged from minerals and roots, my practice thrives on a form of organic unpredictability. Each textile and page serves as a living archive of a specific moment and environment—an act of admiration that seeks to preserve the spirit of the landscape while practicing a sustainable, circular way of making.
Building on the traditions of natural dyes, I often use onion skins, madder root, pomegranate, and oak gall to create a palette of backgrounds and fields. The leaf forms impart a ghostly image and at times a photo-realistic imprint. Colors shift and change across plant species and in reaction to environmental conditions. Leaves in the spring offer different tonalities than those in the fall. Colors are intensified or muted when dye bath chemistry includes aluminum, iron, and copper.