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Exploring the Seasonal Natural Dyes of Sicily with Sasha Duerr in Anna Tasca Lanza, 2023

I remember times, 6-7 years ago, when I started my own natural dye experiments. One of my muses I found on world wide web was Sasha Duerr. I  stumbled upon YouTube videos about event "Dinner to Dye For" and I thought - there can't be any other more magical experience in the world like that. Concept of "Dinner to Dye For" is where food, great meals and their leftovers meets the textiles and becomes color. And this all is worked out in deep collaboration with gardeners, chefs and natural dyers. It is dinner that is set up by this concept, what you eat, vegetables and plants of the meal are actually also natural dye potential for textiles which is used to set up beautiful table for "Dinner to Dye For".

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Threaded necklace from my inner child to a magical little girl

I remember when I was a child I loved to make something from nothing. That nothing could also include threads. We always had threads in our house. Threads and yarn makes a beautiful starting point for creativity to occur. I made new threaded hair for shaved doll heads, I made necklaces, embroidery, crochet and knitting projects. 

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