Natural Plant Dyeing in Action!

Cochinilla

Cochineal harvested by hand from prickly pear cactus, being added to the dyeing vat

Molle

The rich olive green of molle

Nogal

Nogal is translated as walnut, and gives the beautiful neutrals in these weavings

Chilca

A flower from the chilca bush. Chilca gives more of a gray green, while molle is a yellow green

Tara

All of the amazing grays and blues, purples and pinks in Woven Tuna weavings have tara to thank

Palillo

Also known as turmeric, with the familiar golds of food cooked with turmeric

Okre

Many of the shades that Wilber creates are mixtures of several different plants and natural minerals such as copper. Here is a light orange, from cochinilla and nogal