Textile artist India Flint has been working with ecologically sustainable plant dyes for more than twenty five years with her work represented in collections in Australia and Europe. Her enthusiasm for what nature can provide us results in strikingly unique tones and textures skilfully compressed to fabric and paper, “ I can’t imagine a life without plants”, she says. I had been following her blog Prophet of Bloom for a while and the inveterate theme of her posts linked to renewal and solace made her a clear candidate for my book.
A self-proclaimed wanderer, India travels extensively for her craft either exhibiting or carrying out workshops. Her travels to stirring landscapes not only provide the fundamental inspiration that feeds her work, it also enables her to carry out journeys of self renewal. Regular visits to the Australian outback is a major source of solace for India where the red earth and arid lands “are a perfect place for clearing thoughts”. But when she returns from her travels she relishes in the solidarity and peace of her studio, “To be able to wander into a space and shut the door of outside whirled is enough. I can be there, away from the internet, telephone and domestic interruptions” she says. The studio, located on the grounds of her rural homestead, is a two room outbuilding beautifully defined by deep earthy textural elements that includes many work tables throughout covered with an array of objects including botanical specimens, "I collect things. Sometimes its a useful material, other times its for the story", she says.
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A self-proclaimed wanderer, India travels extensively for her craft either exhibiting or carrying out workshops. Her travels to stirring landscapes not only provide the fundamental inspiration that feeds her work, it also enables her to carry out journeys of self renewal. Regular visits to the Australian outback is a major source of solace for India where the red earth and arid lands “are a perfect place for clearing thoughts”. But when she returns from her travels she relishes in the solidarity and peace of her studio, “To be able to wander into a space and shut the door of outside whirled is enough. I can be there, away from the internet, telephone and domestic interruptions” she says. The studio, located on the grounds of her rural homestead, is a two room outbuilding beautifully defined by deep earthy textural elements that includes many work tables throughout covered with an array of objects including botanical specimens, "I collect things. Sometimes its a useful material, other times its for the story", she says.
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