Lucila Kenny

Tex­ti­le desig­ner Luci­la Kenny makes uni­que hand-dyed scar­ves in her Natu­ral Dyeing Stu­dio in Ams­ter­dam West. She collects rain­wa­ter for pain­ting, from which 80 per­cent is reused for the next dye bath. This way she keeps the ​‘water foot­print’ as small as possible!

Luci­la colla­bo­ra­tes with other natu­ral dyeing experts on ins­pi­ring stu­dies such as the Pain­ting Plants research pro­ject, which focus­ses on ​“How to make paint or ink from plants, and how to make them usa­ble for dif­fe­rent prin­ting techniques”. 

Luci­la regu­larly explo­res urban natu­re in search of new color pig­ments. And with more than 400,000 trees, Ams­ter­dam is a per­fect pla­ce to hunt for color. She not only har­vests from trees but uses all kinds of resi­dues from natu­re. In her outs­tan­ding color palet­te you will find tex­ti­les that are dyed with natu­re from West. From finely chop­ped elms gro­wing on the Stadhou­ders­ka­de, plants from the Wes­ter­park, plant was­te from muni­ci­pal gar­de­ners or from the green areas next to the highway.

For more infor­ma­tion about workshops, you can reach her by email (hello@​lucilakenny.​com) and Ins­ta­gram: www​.ins​ta​gram​.com/​l​u​c​i​l​a​.​kenny