I’m passionate about wet felting, eco printing, growing trees and dye plants which I use in the studio to colour my textiles. I really enjoy helping others develop their own sustainable textile practices too and love sharing my skills via regular online workshops and weekly videos. Three words describe what I do; simple, natural, crafted. Based at Clasheen in rural south east Ireland I love gardening, silviculture, re-cycling, food, hiking, walking Pip my collie and trying to live a sustainable life. I have also been known to enjoy the odd glass of wine or a shot of whisky!
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Wonderful to find this video again! A friend and I did eco-dying workshops at a big community campout last week. We picked local plants in and around the campsite and I brought some Japanese Maple and, gotta love it, Smoke Bush leaves from home garden. Our dirty pot results were fabulous colours! Yet my friend and I forgot to research how to set the plant dyes for the workshoppees. Now I have your fabulous info to share, and use on my own pretty pieces. Much gratitude for your sharing your knowlege here. :)
Thank you. This video was very informative. I am interested in dyeing cellulose fabrics into flat colors from tree leaves and bark, But still integrating the mordant processes, and I feel quite insecure about copper liqueur. And powders generally. It is nice to learn from you
Thanks for the comment Sophie. We have a great community over on Facebook where many artists share their creations and processes if you'd like to learn more about printing without mordants. We'd love to have you there - facebook.com/groups/nicolabrown
I have been trying to experiment with copper liqueur to dye nettle to get better greens, But feel insecure about it's toxicity Probably finding a copper pot would help a lot To feel more confident I think the powders and liqueur are interesting, but also confusing. Have you ever dyed with red hazel or copper beech (the tree that has burgundy leaves)? I once achieved an amazing blue shade from the leaves! But cannot reproduce it That's why I wonder if copper could support in producing greener tones
Bravo!!! J'adore votre manière de travailler, respectueuse de notre planète Merci!
Thank you so much Marie!
J'habite dans le sud de la France dans les Pyrénées
Greetings from Clasheen!
Félicitation madame! Vous êtes merveilleuse!
I have an old rusty roasting tin. Don’t know what the metal is but do you think it would be suitable? Thank you.
It would be absolutely perfect Chrissie!
Love to work with you
Thanks Catharina! I have a very affordable Coaching Week coming up in the next week or two if you would like to join. Keep updated by joining my mailing list - members.nicolabrown.ie/newsletter
Hi Nicole. Thank you for sharing this. My question is about overhead. Do you include costs for shows in your overhead?
??? Hi, it is Cathy from South African ???
Greetings from Clasheen Cathy!
I'm getting my dirty pot ready! Has anyone tried using purple shamrock? I have a plant in my garden
Hi I am from Sri Lanka Thanks for d knowledge
Greetings from Clasheen, you are so welcome!
Hermoso❤❤❤❤❤!!!! Saludos desde Argentina 🇦🇷
Saludos de Clasheen!
@@clasheen ❤️
How do I order the ebook?
Thanks for the interest Francine! Here is the link - nicolabrown.ie/product-category/ebook/
Thank you for this comprehensive tutorial. I will definitely try felting a vessel with your method. You are a wonderful teacher.
Thank you so much for the lovely compliment! And you are so welcome
Wonderfull attention to detail. Result quality product
Glad you like it! Thanks so much
Would love to have a go
Try it!! Enjoy :)
Gracias
You're so welcome!
Thanks for sharing ❤ i love your postcard prints and its a great way to start my ecoprint journey 🙏
You are so welcome!
Love your videos. I have never heard of wool lining paper, sounds interesting. Wonder if it is called something else in canada
It’s called wallpaper lining paper, or just lining paper!
Thank you Nicola, so informative 😁 Wishing Ur Mother a very good recovery 🙏
Thank you so much!
Melissa from Oregon, hello.
Greetings from Clasheen!
??? If you are using a mordant would you soak your felt in the mordant after it’s fully felted???
Kim from Michigan
Greetings from Clasheen!
Hello Nicola!!
Hi Kim!! Thanks for joining :)
3:20 pm.
Thanks Nicola, you are so inspiring. Your garments are just beautiful. Leonie 💗
Thank you Leonie!
You're amazing x love your work
Thank you so much!
Gorgeous ! neck scarf ❤️🔥
Thank you!!
how do I wash my felt in hot water? spray hot water on it or submerge ?
Great tutorial. Thank you. Quick query please. Fitted new main adaptor and a new tap to enable watering cans to be filled. However constant drip from main adaptor. Screwed into place, then screwed in my tap. Always reaches maximum tightness whilst upside down, no matter how many times I adjust the starting point. Is there a trick to fitting these? If I overtighten the tap, it becomes loose again 😢
❤❤❤ LOVE THESE!!!!
Thanks Sandy!
Yes..id love to see your cord felting .. but link is unavailable..:(
Here it is again for you Annette. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ippqpMaCorHaldI.html Can I just ask, were you not able to open the link in the pinned comment? Thanks!
This tutorial looks great. I am a beginner felter. I've made simple bags but have failed at making decent cords for them. Does this method work for longer cords as well... just by increasing the length of the layout? Thankyou so much I have been so inspired by your tutorials to try more projects!
Hello Nicola! Congratulations on your beautiful work! When the fabrics are inside the pot, is it immersed in water, or does the water sit underneath to produce only steam?
Beautiful clothing ! If you live in a place with red clay from iron deposits, I guess this may be ok to use. Also to dye the fabric
What is the time to boil silk fabric in dirty pot please guide me
What is the time to boil silk fabric in dirty pot please guide me
Each piece is processed for the length of time that the vegetation needs, not the fabric composition. Onion skins for example, they give excellent prints after 2 hours but many eucalyptus varieties need over 4 hours for red prints. Soft leaves like blackberry and rose need between 2.25 and 2.5 hours.
@@clasheen thanks a lot mam I always greatful to you
Mam you have god gifted talent and have magic in your hand you are a magician of eco print may God bless you
Wow, thank you!
Can i get the link for the tap faucet? Its not in the description of the video.
Thank you 🙏🏻
You are very welcome!
2024 Pay tribute to you。14years。哇
Really lovely to hear to deeply committed professional women committed to this style of printing and sewing. I feel a new direction is coming my way. Thank you.
You are so welcome!
Hi from Leila in Cape Town - thank you both Nicola and Arzelle for this treasure
Hi Leila. Glad you found the info useful! PS, I am from Cape Town as well🤗
From Vancouver Island, Canada……wonderful Nicola! I’m going to try my first piece tomorrow with wild rose leaves I collected today! Cheers! And many, many thanks 🇨🇦
Yay I am so excited for you!! Please feel free to join my public group if you are not a member already and show us how you get on - facebook.com/groups/nicolabrown
You just screwed it on. That’s how I added the tap to mine.
Thanks for the tips from both of you! And, thanks for the fabric guide! ❤
You are so welcome!
Download Arzelle’s guide to selecting the correct fabric for your project! sew-on-and-sow-forth.ck.page/0ab6dca793
Hi , thank you so much for this tutorial. I am a natural dyer, and don’t really want to sacrifice one of my large old aluminum canning pots to be a iron/ slash dirty pot, if it remains a dirty pot forever, which I think it would have to be, once a dirty pot, is it forever a dirty pot? Thanks😊
Wow. Beautiful making.
Thank you so much 😊
I'm confused between roving, batting and wool...
Hi Donna, Roving and batts are BOTH wool, the difference is in the preparation and how you use them. Here’s a link to a short video that I hope you find helpful! kzread.info/dash/bejne/na1ot6uBg7y8nKw.html
@@clasheen Thankyou so much Nicola! I am loving all your content!