The textile industry has been dominated by fast, cheap and synthetic production since the mid-1800s. It is becoming one of the world's largest polluters in the process. But Amsterdam-based designer and researcher Lucila Kenny is on a mission to bring natural dyeing processes them back and into the future. From natural dyeing workshops and research projects to her own scarf collection, Lucila is set on opening our eyes to the rainbow of colours hidden in plants and flowers all around us.
"When dyeing becomes your living"
"When life and work becomes one." That's how Lucila Kenny looks at each day in her Amsterdam lab-studio where she colours textiles with nature's crayons what nature has to offer. Born in Argentina in 1980, she may have grown up in the streets of Buenos Aires, but in the back of her mind she knew that one day she would eventually live in Amsterdam. The Mind's Eye is no stranger to her. Today she indeed finds herself in Amsterdam surrounded by young, energetic students as well as experienced, passionate colleagues.
"An Argentinean Textile Designer explores worldwide natural dye culture"