Tataki zome pillow - Botanical print - natural dye

This pillow is made with fresh leaves and flowers that were hammered into the cloth. The cloth is an organic cotton poplin. This method is called Tatakizome which means hammer dye in Japanese たたき染め. Many were then fixed in mordants to shift and set the colors. I immersed many of them with natural dyes afterwards. This one is made with sumac leaves and walnut dye. The back of each pillow is hand dyed to compliment the front pattern.

This one has been dyed with indigo and sumac leaves. They are all hand sewn shut and stuffed with a hypoallergenic material called angel hair. Each pillow is one of a kind. The finished size is 9x9 inches