Elegant scarf in peace silk habotai, lovingly dyed and printed by hand with sustainable methods and materials. Hand dyed with a cocktail of madder and cochineal dyes with oak gall tannin, handprinted with sumac, cotinus, cercis & dogwood leaves,  from my garden and local neighbourhood [SC259].
 
The ‘peace’ silk is harvested after the silk worms have fed on organic mulberry trees in Hertfordshire UK, and metamorphosed from their cocoons into moths, avoiding the violent process of mass produced silk.
 
The peace silk was mordanted with alum.  It was then dipped in iron sulphate solution, covered with the leaves  and bundled carefully with a carrier blanket steeped in a dye cocktail of madder, cochineal and oak gall tannin,  before steaming in my trusty fish kettle for 70 minutes. The plant pigments mobilise in the heat and moisture, transfer to the scarf and fix thanks to the presence of the alum and iron mordants.
 
Scarf measures approx 130 x 33cm.
 
Presented in environmentally friendly cardboard presentation box.