Natural Dyes
…to dye Harris Tweed® fabric. Our ancestors certainly made good use of their surroundings. (Well, we do say from the land comes the cloth.) From the most unprepossessing of fauna…
…to dye Harris Tweed® fabric. Our ancestors certainly made good use of their surroundings. (Well, we do say from the land comes the cloth.) From the most unprepossessing of fauna…
…nan ìrean, thèid comharra teisteanachaidh ainmeil an Òrb a chur air taobh cùil an aodaich le iarann teth. Is e seo an seula ùghdarrais dheireannaich. Photograph: Stamping Process | Jackson…
Our archive post for this week comes from a series called the Drambuie Collection of Harris Tweed®. This one reads: ‘Gentleman’s Country Outfit. A two-piece country-style suit in predominantly blue,…
The power of the crashing wave caught in black and white – a split second, but we still hear the sea roar. Can this magic be woven into the Big…
We are in the middle of yet more stormy weather here in the Outer Hebrides. We love these wild days! (Well, mostly.) This Harris Tweed® cloth captures the icy-green glassy…
A line of footprints disappears into the long stretch of beach, edged by billowing marram grass. And sand-coloured threads blend into the green weft of this herringbone, making a machair….
…Patchwork’ – where colours combine by chance rather than design. Made up of Plain Twill, Herringbone and Russian Twill sectioned by lines of red, she purposely doesn’t look at the…
Icy water pours into the crevice between cliffs as the cool folds in this green Harris Tweed® twill send a fresh chill down our spine. Brrrrrr! This Harris Tweed® cloth…
Photographer Lewis Mackenzie describes this atmospheric image taken just last week: “Taken on Friday in the freeze, late afternoon when the light was that surreal orange, reflecting off the snow…
…many patterns in this Harris Tweed® cloth. From the land and its creatures comes the Cloth. Photography by Lewis Mackenzie and Alison Johnston Harris Tweed Hebrides cloth: BA47-D3 …