Tinctorium Studio Journal

Tinctorium sweatshirts are now made from 100% organic cotton and produced in Portugal, reflecting the studio’s commitment to more local, sustainable production.

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

Each season brings its own rhythms and materials into the dye studio, and winter is no exception. While much of the natural world slows down or goes dormant, a special group of resilient evergreen plants remains vibrant—and it's with these that I create the Wear Tinctorium Winter ‘24–’25 collection. Working with Winter Evergreens in Portugal Winter dyeing began just before Christmas, around the time of the winter solstice on December 21st. While many artisans wind down for a

In many ways, Fall is THE season for ecoprinting because this is when most leaves have the highest concentration of tannins and deciduous trees are just dropping their leaves asking you to print with them.   It filled my heart to see so many pieces from the Fall (and almost everything from Summer) find new homes through the holiday markets. Markets are always the best place to see pieces in person, touch the fabrics, and try them on. If you weren’t able to make it, I’ve uplo

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

In the Spring I ecoprint with the spontaneous weeds that pop up after the winter rains.