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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles

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🌈 Using colour as catalyst to remember our relationship with Land. 🌿 workshops, art & events FREE guide to start dyeing your clothes with plants! 👉🏽 guides.talu.earth/start-dyeing-with… 📍 West Wicklow, Ireland 🙋🏽‍♀️ by Malú Colorín

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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 02/12/2025
I recently had 3 artworks on display as part of a group show entitled ‘InterWOVEN’. The exhibition referenced Linen heritage in a contemporary context. The pieces are distinctly different, but they all explore topics of deep ecology, mapping relationships and a deep grá, love, for the flax plant 🩵
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 27/11/2025
Now that the ‘InterWOVEN’ exhibition has finished, here’s a walkthrough of one of the pieces I had on display. This is a very personal piece that I think of as a self-portrait of sorts. It will surely keep changing and evolving if and when it’s shown again ✨ youtu.be/x38jPf3RUtc?...
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I'm an ecosystem made up of all the places and beings that have nourished me
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 13/09/2025
Let’s play a little game! 🎉 As you know, I’m doing a FREE call this Monday 15 September at 6:30pm Irish time to give you my best tips to identify dye plants in the wild and help you guess the shades they could make. In advance of this, I thought it would be fun to do a little guessing game! 🧵
Guess which plant makes what colour?
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 13/09/2025
Let’s play a little game! 🎉 As you know, I’m doing a FREE call this Monday 15 September at 6:30pm Irish time to give you my best tips to identify dye plants in the wild and help you guess the shades they could make. In advance of this, I thought it would be fun to do a little guessing game! 🧵
Guess which plant makes what colour?
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 09/09/2025
Ever wonder… 🤨 Is that dye plant? 🎨 What colour does it make? 🌺 Will this brightly-coloured flower dye my shirt that colour? 🍃 Why is it so hard to get green? I’ll be answering that+ more next Monday 15 Sept @ 6:30pm (Irish time) on Zoom! It’s FREE, just register guides.talu.earth/what-colour
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 04/09/2025
Let’s look at some of the colours that are possible on textiles using #plantdyes! 🍃🌈✨ Start your #naturaldyeing journey with my online course ✨Finding Joy in Botanical Dyes✨, which starts 22 September. 🔗 talu.earth/learn-natura... 🎶: Funky by AlexGuz
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 26/07/2025
Thanks for finding such excellent prizes! 💙
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 20/07/2025
Just one week until we meet in @willowandlore.bsky.social to celebrate colour from nature with workshops, discussions, meditations, games & stories by the fire! 🎪🌈✨ Here’s a lil’ recap of last year’s festival, with videos by Rafa de Almeida. Have you got your tickets? festivalofcolour.co 🎟️
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Imbibe Coffee Roasters @imbibecoffee.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Amazon 2024 Turnover $637.9B Net Income $59.2B If they ran under our model they'd have a $6B bonus pool shared equally among workers. They'd give $15B to good causes. They'd still be left with an obscene $38.2B in profit. Life changing stuff. Instead they're going to lay people off for AI.
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Malú Colorín (she/her) @malucolorin.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Join us for a weekend celebration of flax! 🌾🩵 🗓️ Sat 30 – Sun 31 Aug ( 📍 An Creagán & Mallon Linen, Tyrone 🚌 Subsidised transport to and from Dublin (with stops en route) & on-site accommodation available! 🥪 Meals included 🎟️ fibreshedireland.ie/the-flax-mei... ___________ #spéirghorm #spéirgorm
“The Flax Meitheal Harvest Celebration
Join us in An Creagán, Co. Tyrone!
30 - 31 August
Subsidised bus & on-site accommodation available.

Organised by Fibreshed Ireland, Mallon Linen, Brink!, artpark Hoher Berg and the Linen Biennale Northern Ireland.

Supported by the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland and Cultural Bridge”

Overlaid on top of a beautiful photo of two pairs of hands pulling flax on a field. The photo is by Yvette Monahan.
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Malú Colorín (she/her) @malucolorin.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Thanks to Go Leor magazine for featuring me in their 2nd issue, alongside Esther O’Kelly and Judith Logan 🙌🏽✨ Go Leor is the latest magazine covering the arts, creativity and therapy throughout #Ireland. In this issue, you’ll find… (a thread 🧵) go-leor.co.uk —————- #spéirghorm #spéirgorm
An open spread of the Go Leor magazine, showing an article about Malú Colorín in the left side and the poster for the 2025 Archipelago Festival of Colour on the right side.
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 05/07/2025
Here’s some of what you can expect from the ✨Archipelago Festival of Colour✨ A thread 🧵 festivalofcolour.co _____ #spéirghorm #spéirgorm #naturaldye #naturalpigment #makeink
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Archipelago Festival of Colour
An intimate festival dedicated entirely to natural dyes, pigments, and inks, honouring the Land that provides them.
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 04/07/2025
Yesterday I visited @willowandlore.bsky.social, the lovely venue that will host the ✨Archipelago Festival of Colour✨ next 26-27 July. We sussed out the details of how we’ll set up the place for the weekend (and admired their new half acre of flax!). The excitement is building! 🎉 #spéirghorm
A very happy Mexican natural dyer walking on a diverse meadow of grasses and buttercups in Willow and Lore farm. There are converted horseboxes and a shed in the background.A half acre of flax growing in Willow and Lore farm in Co. Antrim.
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 23/06/2025
The 1st step in #naturaldyeing is “scouring” or washing the textiles to remove excess oils and waxes and allow the dye to penetrate inside the fibres. Learn this and every foundational step of the natural dye process in my online course ✨Finding Joy in Botanical Dyes✨ 👉🏽 talu.earth/learn-natura...
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 06/06/2025
Here’s what you can expect at this year’s ✨Archipelago Festival of Colour!✨ 👇🏽 All-weekend and Sunday-only tickets are now available at festivalofcolour.co See you there? 🎪🌈✨ ___________ #spéirghorm #spéirgorm #naturaldyes #naturalpigment #makeink
Poster of a countryside landscape with a stream leading down to a river. There are also tents, an indigo vat, a fire pit, a horsebox and a barn shed. It reads “Archipelago Festival of Colour Activities Announced!”All-weekend ticket holders:
🔹 daily colourful earth rests (meditations)
🔹 colour safari
🔹 eco printing workshop with expert 
🔹 natural dyeing workshop with expert
🔹 ink-making workshop with expert 
🔹 pigment-making workshop with experts 
🔹 experimentation with wild clay
🔹 discussion circle about mordanting textiles 
🔹 deep ecology practice 
🔹 daily fireside chats
🔹 3 daily meals (mostly organic, local, nutritious & delicious!)
🔹 plus all of Sunday’s activities! →Sunday-only ticket holders:
🔸 community indigo vat 
🔸 colour safari for families 
🔸 forest school 
🔸 cyanotype printing 
🔸 colourful treasure hunt
🔸 explorations with homemade inks 
🔸 film screening
🔸 face painting with natural colours 
🔸 parade / fashion show
🔸 musical journalling session
🔸 lunch (mostly organic, local, nutritious & delicious!)
🔸 children are welcome on Sunday and those under 3 years old come free!Poster of a countryside landscape with a stream leading down to a river. There are also tents, an indigo vat, a fire pit, a horsebox and a barn shed. It reads “Get your tickets at www.festivalofcolour.co”
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 06/06/2025
Online course now open for registration! 📣 ✨ Finding Joy in Botanical Dyes✨ A beginner-friendly introduction to the captivating world of natural dyeing for textiles After a successful first run, this introductory online course returns this summer! 🌿🌈✨ talu.earth/learn-natura... ____ #naturaldyes
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 01/06/2025
✨Early bird tickets!✨ ARCHIPELAGO FESTIVAL OF COLOUR A weekend of playful activities for crafters and families to explore botanical dyes, pigments & inks! 🗓️ 26 - 27 July 2025 📍Willow & Lore, Co. Antrim, North of Ireland 🎟️ festivalofcolour.co #spéirgorm #spéirghorm
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Archipelago Festival of Colour
An intimate festival dedicated entirely to natural dyes, pigments, and inks, honouring the Land that provides them.
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 29/05/2025
Here’s how I used plants to dye 10 cotton flags for the ✨Nature’s Symphony: Celebrating Organic Growth✨ Feature Garden at #bordbiabloom 🌸 Celebrating @president.ie’s dedication to organic food, sustainability & his Galway roots ⛵️ _______ 🎶 Mornings by Jeff Kaale #spéirgorm #spéirghorm #naturaldyes
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 29/05/2025
@pameqa.bsky.social was so meticulous in making this year’s ✨Archipelago Festival of Colour✨ poster illustration! 😍
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 28/05/2025
This year’s ✨Archipelago Festival of Colour✨ poster is here! 🤩 Once again, illustrated by the incredible @pameqa.bsky.social, who is a brilliant animator, illustrator & painter. She painted last year’s ceremonial bell tent, which will once again make an appearance in this year’s fest! 🌸 #spéirgorm
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 25/05/2025
2025 ✨Archipelago Festival of Colour✨ poster incoming!! 🤩
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 24/05/2025
Do you like my new butt? 😝
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 20/05/2025
The area where the ✨Archipelago Festival of Colour✨ will happen boasts deposits of red Antrim ochre, known locally as ‘boles’. This iron ore is internationally recognised in both the fields of geology and artists pigment hunters as a rich source of ancient pigment 🧡
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 19/05/2025
Earlier today I was ironing out the details of one of the workshops for the ✨Archipelago Festival of Colour✨ with the facilitators and we’re all super excited for it! All I’ll say for now is it involves wild clays and mineral pigments 🖤🤎🧡🤍 #spéirgorm #spéirghorm #naturalpigments
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 16/05/2025
This was last month’s Open Studio Day! Want to come hang out & explore three natural colourmaking techniques for textiles + paper? The next Open Studio Day is Saturday 31 May! ✨ 📍 Donard, Co. Wicklow 👦🏼 Children welcome 🎟️ Book your spot here: events.talu.earth/events/talu/... #spéirgorm #spéirghorm
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 15/05/2025
I *am* happy indeed! 🤩 ✨Archipelago Festival of Colour✨ 2025 poster coming soon!!
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 13/05/2025
What a fun Saturday we had making inks from hedgerow plants in Roundwood! We then used the inks to paint all kinds of butterflies 🦋 Join us for the next workshop on the 16th of August to make chalk sticks from berries! 🫐→🖍️ 👉🏽 www.mermaidartscentre.ie/whats-on/tak... 👈🏽 #speirghorm #speirgorm
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 13/05/2025
I just saw the first sketches of this year’s ✨Archipelago Festival of Colour✨ poster by @pameqa.bsky.social and I’m so excited to show you the final piece!! 👀 It’ll be extra special because this year’s poster will be screen printed using pigments that are significant to the festival 🎪🎨
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 13/05/2025
Today I saw the first flowering weld plants of the season, growing in the plot of a future development in Dublin and now my day is made 🌼🥰✨
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 12/05/2025
Flax coming to my garden in 100 days! 🌱🩵
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 11/04/2025
My studio visit for the Cosmos Conference is up, along with everyone else’s! You can still purchase tickets at www.cosmos-conference.com and start watching pre-recorded studio tours right now, before the live panels and bonus presentations begin later today! 🌼
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 09/04/2025
Dig up, blue lovers! 🩵
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 08/04/2025
Great day at the studio today, making inks from hedgerow plants 🌿 #makeink #botanicalink #naturaldye
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 07/04/2025
I just finished recording my virtual studio visit for the Cosmos Conference for natural dyers coming up this weekend! Have you purchased your ticket yet? 🤩 🌼 cosmos-conference.com 🌼 ___________ #naturaldye #naturaldyeing
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 03/04/2025
Open Studio Day this Saturday from 11:00am to 3:00pm in #Donard, Co. #Wicklow! 🌈✨ The open studio day is an opportunity to have some guided but non-instructional time in the Talú natural dye studio, with the option to try out three different colourmaking techniques. #SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 03/04/2025
Can’t stop admiring my lil colour samples 🤎🩷💛
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 01/04/2025
One dyestuff, so many different possibilities, depending on fibre type, pre-treatment process and use of colour modifiers! All these samples were dyed with avocado skins and stones 🥑
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 01/04/2025
A beautiful morning spent making experimental butterflies from botanical inks 🦋 If you’re in #Ireland, you can join me and artist Elida Maiques for a workshop on 10 May in Roundwood, Co. Wicklow! 👉🏽 www.mermaidartscentre.ie/whats-on/eve... _____ #spéirghorm #naturaldye #botanicalink
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 28/03/2025
🌸 Celebrating all creative mamas! 🌸 Heads up, Ireland! For this weekend only, I’ve got a special 2-for-less discount so you can bring your creative mam (biological, adopted or spiritual) to my colourful events! talu.earth/upcoming-wor... #spéirgorm
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 19/03/2025
Today’s @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social podcast mentioned oak gall ink. Galls are lil’ tannin-rich protuberances created by the oak tree in response to a wasp egg on a young branch. Here’s Annie Hogg ceremonially demonstrating the alchemy of oak gall ink at last year’s Archipelago Festival of Colour
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 19/03/2025
An excellent free resource by @carrysomers.bsky.social!
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 10/03/2025
Really looking forward to my Spring Equinox natural dyeing workshop in Béal Feirste, which is now fully booked! 🎉
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 10/03/2025
Variations of the same three dyes on the drying rack tonight: weld, avocado and black tea.
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 08/03/2025
I spent this #InternationalWorkingWomensDay having a nourishing morning phone call with a beloved friend, talking about the complexities of belonging to two Lands, the precarity of being self-employed and sowing the seeds of some creative ideas 🌱 I doodled with watercolours from #madder pigment ♥️
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 03/03/2025
I just learned about pixelfed.social – an open-source photo sharing app – is anyone in there?
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The original Pixelfed instance, operated by the main developer @dansup
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 27/02/2025
First day back in the studio proper, after 6 weeks in Mexico and 2 weeks of mostly computer work. Feels good! 💙
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 26/02/2025
Amber is looking for new Bluesky friends! 💙
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 21/02/2025
Alongside spreading the joy of natural dyeing, I’m also the co-founder of fibreshedireland.ie As a community-supported social enterprise, Fibreshed Ireland focuses on building networks to craft a regenerative Irish textile system based on local fibre, local dyes & local labour 💚
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What is Fibreshed Ireland?
Fibreshed Ireland began in 2022 as an affiliate of the global Fibershed movement and we’ve defined the island of Ireland as our fibreshed. Our goal is to build…
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Talú — natural dyes + regenerative textiles @talu.earth · 17/02/2025
First module of the ✨Kitchen to Colour Lab✨ online course is up for this cohort and, I have to say, I’m proud of it 🥰 After such a rollercoaster of a launch, it feels so good to have it out. Now on to getting module 2 ready for next week! 💪🏼
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SassyMetisChick @sassymetischick.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.
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