Black Walnut, Sumac & Cotinus Leaves Eco-Printed on Habotai Silk
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Black Walnut, Sumac & Cotinus Leaves Eco-Printed on Habotai Silk

$87.95

Habotai is also known as “China Silk”, these lightweight and breezy Habotai scarves make the perfect weight scarf for summer wear.  These have hand rolled hems with 100% silk thread. Habotai (from the Japanese habutae (羽二重), literally “feather-two-layer”, is one of the lightest weaves of silk fabric. How is it made? Eco-printing:

Each beautiful silk scarf is made by hand, with great love and care, using a method called eco-printing. I hand-craft and hand-dye natural silks, with nature’s colors—found flower petals and leaves, vegetables, spices, and natural dyes. Eco-printing is done by placing the dye materials on the silk by hand then bundle dyeing, and each one takes a minimum of 5 hours, across two days, to complete.

Botanicals used: Black Walnut, Sumac and Smokebush (Cotinus) Leaves Eco-Printed on a Habotai Silk Scarf dyed with All Natural Logwood.

Size: 14 x 72 Inches.

Special Note:  This scarf is one of a kind. The printing process is somewhat unpredictable and always a surprise to unwrap. There are many varied aspects to my scarves and they are somewhat difficult to photograph. Color variations in botanical dyeing is completely normal and are what is so intriguing about the Japanese term “wabi sabi” beauty of plant dyed textiles.

Care instructions: Hand wash in warm water with mild soap and hang to dry. Iron on the lowest setting (silk setting). Do not dry clean. Dry and store in the shade to preserve the natural dyes.


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Handmade by Tehya McIntosh
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Tehya is based in the beautiful Rocky Mountains in Boulder, Colorado.  She is an artist who grew up in Sebastopol, California and believes in making unique, sustainable, naturally dyed textiles and botanical prints from trees and plants found in nature. She comes from a long line of weavers and her family has been using natural dyes for over 50 years. Her mother owned the famous Three Bags Full wool store in San Francisco and her father handmade looms and spinning wheels. She lives with her two children and husband, Steve McIntosh who is an author and thought-leader in Boulder, Colorado.

“ I gather plants and flowers from nature with love here in Boulder, Colorado. Each leaf and flower is then placed on an exotic silk, bundled and printed by means of a steaming method. All my creations are made with completely sustainable natural dyes. Each silk textile I design represents an artistic labor of love.“


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