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Kaie Böning

  • Faculty of Design
  • Textile Design
  • ba
  • A sustainable way of dyeing textiles with natural matter
  • Tutor(s): Piret Valk
  • shibori, fermentation and bundle dye

My project is an ongoing experiment on how to create unique textiles by using only
natural resources. In my work, I have used plants, minerals, metals, and food waste
in a combination with basic shibori, fermentation, and bundle dye techniques. The
project has a sustainable focus to reduce the use of toxic chemicals in the textile
industry.

left kimono: red cabbage, cochineal, alum, vinegar; material: silk; right kimono: logwood, alum, vinegar; material: cotton/polyester
red cabbage, logwood, alum; material: silk
cochineal, rust (steel wool), logwood, alum; material: silk
cochineal, rust (steel wool), logwood, alum; material: silk
cochineal, rust (steel wool), alum; material: silk