WE ARE CURATORS OF WEDDING FLOWERS |MAKERS OF PLANT DYED SILK RIBBON & TEXTILES | BUILDERS OF BESPOKE PROPS & WEDDING BACKDROPS

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OUR COLLECTIONS

Flax flower plant dye Gold Silk Ribbon

NATIVE NEW ZEALAND DYES

Here in New Zealand, our natural world holds many colourful secrets. Pigments exist in the strangest of places. Natural dyes were used by Maori principally for colouring the fibres obtained from harakeke (NZ flax) and ti kouka (Cabbage tree).We acknowledge these traditions and the ancient practices of so many cultures. Extracting colour from nature in every corner of the world. By applying the fundamentals of natural dyeing to these materials only found in New Zealand, we are able to obtain these mysterious hues. While acknowledging the first peoples of this land, they're traditons, while treating mother nature with respect and care.

This Warm gold silk ribbon is achieved using Harakeke flowers, and pods.

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THE ORIGINAL ALCHEMY

THE ORIGINAL ALCHEMY

Alchemy is the art of dyeing metals. With the objective being the creation of gold, silver and of course the philosphers stone. But there is also a wider range of dyeing techniques that alchemists had to apply to all of the metallic bodies (copper, tin, lead, iron, alum) in order to change their colours. We use trace elements of these metals in natural dyeing, fundamentally essential as mordants and colour shifters. Therefore, natural dyeing could be considered the most tangible form of this mysterious tradition.

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HANDMADE LUXURY

Our unique, lush, designer colour palettes are slow crafted works of art. Hues carefully sourced from the garden and the natural world. Ephemeral raw materials immortalised as luxurious textiles. Created to adorn any occasion, craft or styling project. Arousing a sense of tradition, craftsmanship and natural opulence.

  • Kowhai Flower

    NATURAL COLOUR

    Our dyes are extracted from flowers, leaves, nuts, bark, roots and mud. Organically grown in our garden, our neighbours garden, or carefully foraged locally. Our palettes change with the seasons. No batch is ever the same.

  • silky soft fabric

    ANCIENT DYE METHODS

    For 1000's of years dye came from plants, before the invention of synthetic dyes. We carry on these ancient traditions. While also adapting and experimenting to create signature styles, patterns and hues of our own.

  • colorful silk fabric

    SLOW CRAFTED

    Everything we make in our studio. Using natural fibres and materials. Slow crafted into luxurious talismans of mother nature. Treading as lightly as possible, honouring and respecting the earth and all it provides in the process.

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