“New Natural” explores and questions the perception of natural colour and its application in contemporary print and material exploration.

The project focuses on heritage craft techniques working alongside new, non-traditional dye and print approaches.

Locally sourced Madder, one of the oldest and most commonly used traditional natural dye sources is used in combination with foraged Blackberry and plant based bio mordants to create a range of contemporary printed material samples.

This project is part of the Textiles Futures Research Centre.