Natures Palette

Discover how wild flora, deadhead petals, and seasonal forage can be transformed into rich, homemade art materials. Explore our natural ink-making journey & find inspiration to start foraging your own colours.

Finding Wonder On The Doorstep

Blown away by the range of colours of homemade inks & watercolour paints.
Created using petals, vegetables, rocks & shells.
Paper towels used to clean up during the making process, were coated with left over candle wax. to create a selection of encaustic pieces.

Natural Homemade Inks

A3 Ink Sampler

Encaustic Paper Towels

Natural Homemade Watercolours

“Deadhead” Project

Over the summer a neighbour shared her deadheaded flowers with me, the challenge was to use to create with in as many ways as possible.

Unexpected project, thoroughly enjoyed, learnt lot, new materials

Eco printed scrolls

Leaves, bark, & petals leave their authentic imprint when pressed &steamed onto fabric or paper.. These natural contact prints capture the subtle veins, tannins, &raw textures of foraged botanicals, creating botanical tapestries.