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"Orava" Iceland Landscape Silk Cushion – Naturally Dyed & Batiked

€220.00
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This one-of-a-kind silk cushion combines digital imagery with traditional natural dyeing and batik techniques.

The base image features a photograph of an Icelandic landscape, digitally printed onto un-dyed 100% silk fabric. The textile was then hand-batiked and naturally dyed by Christiana using plant materials including heather flowers, chamomile, tansy flowers, cutch, and onion skins. These botanical dyes interact with the silk and printed image to create layered colors, soft tonal variations, and organic textures that make each piece unique.

The cushion cover is machine sewn in our Athens-based studio and finished with a discreet invisible zipper on the side.
Size: Approx. 40 cm x 65 cm

Pillow-case only, no filling.

If you would like to purchase the filling, please email us

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This one-of-a-kind silk cushion combines digital imagery with traditional natural dyeing and batik techniques.

The base image features a photograph of an Icelandic landscape, digitally printed onto un-dyed 100% silk fabric. The textile was then hand-batiked and naturally dyed by Christiana using plant materials including heather flowers, chamomile, tansy flowers, cutch, and onion skins. These botanical dyes interact with the silk and printed image to create layered colors, soft tonal variations, and organic textures that make each piece unique.

The cushion cover is machine sewn in our Athens-based studio and finished with a discreet invisible zipper on the side.
Size: Approx. 40 cm x 65 cm

Pillow-case only, no filling.

If you would like to purchase the filling, please email us

Batik

Batik is a wax-resist dyeing technique which originated in Indonesia.

The applied wax resists the dyes and therefore allows us to colour selectively by dyeing fabric in one colour and then removing the wax. In our practice, this is usually repeated a few times, creating layers with many different colours.

 

Natural Dyeing

Botanical dyeing is a slow process, that can be unpredictable and there are often pleasant colour surprises. It takes several hours to extract the natural pigment from plants, sometimes even days!