Tinctorium Studio Journal

Tinctorium Studio Seasonal Profile: Winter Evergreens in Portugal, focused on natural dyeing and eco-printing with introduced trees.

An exploration of spring weeds in Portugal and their transformation into naturally dyed and eco-printed garments through botanical textile practice.

An exploration of summer garden plants grown for natural dyeing and eco printing, following their transformation from seed to textile at Tinctorium Studio.

Autumn Trees explores the leaves and materials gathered as forests shed their foliage across Portugal. From oak and walnut to liquidambar and pomegranate, fallen leaves become sources of color through natural dyeing and eco printing.

Garments on the left dyed with reseda and printed with bidens aurea and coreopsis grandiflora. On the right dyed with ruiva tinctorum and then printed with wildflowers and wild fennel. Spring is a season of emergence, of soft color and untamed resilience. Each year, the Spring collection is shaped by the wild plants many overlook—or worse, seek to eliminate. These so-called “weeds” erupt along roadsides and field edges, thriving despite our attempts to control them. This seas

The summer collection is dyed entirely with plants growing in the garden. Inspiration came from the growing wildness of the garden, with its harmoniously chaotic shapes and movement. Clear blue skies and weekly trips to the ocean are reflected in the indigo blues - grown in the leaves of Persicaria tinctoria and reduced in a dry-leaf indigo vat. The last inspiration came from the dryness of summer. Most people think of bright, vivid colors when they think of summer. In realit