Gloriously luxurious silk satin  shawl,  created wholly with sustainable natural fibres and natural dyes. Handprinted with brown onion skins by immersion in a 'dirty' dye pot of eucalyptus bark, red onion skins, vinegar and a small piece of iron [SC282].
 
Fabulously versatile and elegant, you can wear this wonderfully soft scarf/shawl in a variety of ways.. during the day with casual clothes, or as a shawl in the evening for that special night out. 
 
In creating this shawl, the  luxurious silk satin was soaked in vinegar/water solution, to accentuate the pigements' vibrance. After covering fully with  snipped onion skins, the shawl was bundled up tightly round a copper pipe and then immersed in a 'dirty' dye pot of euclayptus bark and leaves, red onion skins, vinegar and water.  Some pieces of iron were also added. 
 
It was then simmered in my trusty fish kettle for 90 minutes to release and fix the onion skin pigments. The tannins in pigments combine with the iron to create light- and wash-fast colour.  
 
Due to the individual nature of the hand crafted process by which these unique scarves and shawls are printed, the precise details of the shawl design and colour tone may vary slightly from this photograph.
 
Approx 185cm x 45cm.
 
Packaged in an elegant, ecofriendly By Maggie Naturally presentation box.