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High Summer in my Bristol Natural Dye Garden: July and August 2020

High Summer in my Bristol Natural Dye Garden: July and August 2020

Dye GardenRia Burns3 September 2020Dye Garden, Natural Dye, SustainabilityComment

Fruity Knitting Podcast - Natural Dyeing with Ria Burns

Fruity Knitting Podcast - Natural Dyeing with Ria Burns

Natural DyeingRia Burns9 April 2020Interview, Press, Natural Dye, Yarn, British Wool, Sustainable Fashion, SustainabilityComment

The First Shoots of Spring...

The First Shoots of Spring...

Dye GardenRia Burns20 March 2019Dye Garden, Dye, Natural Dye, Sustainability, exhibitionComment

Sustainable Knitwear Talk at Unravel Festival

Sustainable Knitwear Talk at Unravel Festival

ResearchRia Burns26 February 2019British Wool, Machine Knitting, Natural Dye, Sustainability, Knitting, Talk, Unravel FestivalComment

Natural Dyeing with Buddleia

Natural Dyeing with Buddleia

AR7007, Natural DyeingRia Burns21 August 2018Natural Dye, Sustainability, Foraging, Yarn, Experiment, Bristol, British WoolComment

Natural Dyeing with Fresh Walnuts

Natural Dyeing with Fresh Walnuts

Natural Dyeing, AR7007Ria Burns1 August 2018Knitting, Natural Dye, Slow Fashion, Sustainability, Experiment Comments

Lightfast Tests - testing natural dyes longevity

Lightfast Tests - testing natural dyes longevity

Natural Dyeing, TD7014Ria Burns8 May 2018Natural Dye, Slow Fashion, Sustainable Fashion, Sustainability, Colour, WoolComment

Unravel - A Festival of Knitting

Unravel - A Festival of Knitting

Research, Knitting, TD7014Ria Burns21 February 2018Knitting, Yarn, Trade Fair, Textile Industry, Textiles, Sustainability, British Wool, Wool, Natural Dye Comment

Dyeing yarn with Avocado skins

Dyeing yarn with Avocado skins

Natural Dyeing, TD7003Ria Burns3 February 2018Natural Dye, Sustainability, Sustainable Fashion, Wool, Experiment, Dye, Food Waste, AvocadoComment

Fashion has a pollution problem — can biology fix it?

Fashion has a pollution problem — can biology fix it?

ResearchRia Burns30 December 2017Research Methodologies, Natural Dye, Natural World, Sustainability, Slow Fashion, Slow design, InnovationComment

The Dyer's Garden

The Dyer's Garden

ResearchRia Burns10 December 2017Research Methodologies, Art, Natural Dye, Sustainability, Dye Garden, Natural World, Slow designComment

Lichen

Lichen

ResearchRia Burns8 December 2017Research Methodologies, Natural Dye, Sustainability, Lichen Comment

Alum

Alum

ResearchRia Burns4 December 2017Research Methodologies, Natural Dye, Mordants, Historical Context, Sustainability, Slow FashionComment

Indigo Workshop

Indigo Workshop

ResearchRia Burns1 December 2017Research Methodologies, Workshop, Slow Fashion, Knitting, Indigo, Colour, Sustainability, Experiment, TextilesComment

Exhausting!

Exhausting!

ResearchRia Burns27 November 2017Research Methodologies, Natural Dye, Sustainability, Slow design, Slow Fashion, Experiment Comment

Dyeing Yarn with Weld Extract

Dyeing Yarn with Weld Extract

ResearchRia Burns23 November 2017Research Methodologies, Weld, Natural Dye, Sustainability, Slow design, Foraging, Natural WorldComment

Dyeing Yarn with Woad

Dyeing Yarn with Woad

ResearchRia Burns21 November 2017Research Methodologies, Experiment, Natural Dye, Sustainability, Woad, Slow design, BlueComment

Greenpeace's Dextox Campaign

Greenpeace's Dextox Campaign

ResearchRia Burns18 November 2017sus, Research Methodologies, Sustainability, Sustainable Fashion, Pollution, Chemical Dyes, Natural DyeComment

Kristine Vejar

Kristine Vejar

ResearchRia Burns17 November 2017Research Methodologies, Sustainable Fashion, Slow Fashion, Natural Dye, SustainabilityComment

Tannins

Tannins

ResearchRia Burns10 November 2017Research Methodologies, Natural Dye, Sustainability, Tannins, Experiment, TextilesComment