Joanne Bowes – Bucks Art Weeks

50 Joanne Bowes

Naturally-dyed scarves & sketchbooks

I am a Degree-educated Textile Artist; natural dyer/contact printer. I create handmade sketchbooks and scarves; nature-inspired stitched textiles and semi-abstract watercolour landscapes using my own handmade, natural dye pigments.

My love of natural forms, colours and textures is seen in my sketchbook exploration of local and visited landscapes; experiments with making my own natural dye and paints and foraged earth pigments and the revelations of the printmaking process.

I am excited by the unexpected joys discovered in the natural dye pot and in leaf prints together with the ‘out of the blue’ results of Cyanotypes, developed in the sun.

I love to combine processes such as print, collage and batik and frequently reuse old textiles, prints and artwork. I also enjoy creating project work based on local and social history.