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