eucalyptus globulus & iron

I had already used eucalyptus globulus (blue gum) leaves in the past & was impatiently waiting to use them again. This year I used fabrics & materials mordanted with alum, as opposed to the soy milk I had used the previous time. I think I will try to mordant with soy milk again & dye with them again, since I also loved the result I had obtained back then. Maybe that's the soy milk that had made the difference. (who knows ?)

I used leaves from a tree of my parents' neighbours, who happily gave them to me. I modified  the dye with a bit of iron after the dyebath. (much less for silk & wool, though)

this last photo shows a silk scarf (with hand rolled hem),

available for purchase in the shop.

The tie-dyed pieces of cotton you can see on the photos will be pouches for wrapping naturally dyed items purchased from the shop. You can see the first ones I had made here, and some others here too.

If you want to see more details, click the photos, they will take you to Flickr.