AÑO
2021
CATEGORÍA
Comunidad
OBJETIVOS
Producción y consumo responsables, Vida de ecosistemas terrestres
PAL. CLAVE
organic dyes, plants , natural colour, textiles
PAÍS
United Kingdom
CRÉDITOS
Hannah Elisabeth Jones
LINK
https://vimeo.com/431046371
Lliw Lleol
Locally foraged plants turned into a colour dye database
Since September 2019, Hannah Elisabeth Jones has documented mordant-free colour from 54 plants and will continue foraging each month until August 2020. She uses unbleached, organic materials and carefully forages a small number of plants that are abundant in the local area to conserve each species.
This is the workings behind Lliw Lleol, a comprehensive natural dye database, investigating colours obtained from local plants. The database tracks the seasonal changes throughout each month and maps the connection to specific geographies in Hannah’s home of North Wales.
The purpose of this research is to heighten awareness of how colours and fibres are either grown naturally or chemically synthesised. Ultimately, Lliw Lleol encourages acceptance and emotional durability of mordant-free, naturally dyed materials and promotes conscious consumption, or better still, less consumption of materials altogether.