Snapdragon Life | Journal

How to Dye Wool with Nettles

Snapdragon Jane — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0100

A Maker’s Wardrobe: The Embroidered Waistcoat

Snapdragon Jane — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0100

How to Mordant Wool for Natural Dyeing

Snapdragon Jane — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0100

The Guilt of Unfinished Projects (And Why You Should Question It)

Snapdragon Jane — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0100

Natural Dyeing with Sweet Cicely

Snapdragon Jane — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0100

Sweet cicely (Myrrhis odorata) is one of my favourite dye plants, partly because it grows so well here in Scotland and partly because the whole studio smells of aniseed while you are working with it. It likes damp and shade and the shelter of hedges, and in this part of the country it does rather too well. I have a lot of it. Dyeing with it is one way of putting that to good use.

Why Noticing Spring Changes Actually Works

Snapdragon Jane — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0100

A New Series: Dyeing with Plants

Snapdragon Jane — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0100

A Remarkable Textile Exhibition in Paris (On Until July 2026)

Snapdragon Jane — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0100

Making a Bag from a UFO: 500 Years of Canvas Work

Snapdragon Jane — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Natural Dyeing with Buddleia: How to Get a Rich Gold from Garden Weeds

Snapdragon Jane — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000

How I Protect My Brain From Exhaustion

Snapdragon Jane — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 06:37:00 +0000

A Maker’s Wardrobe: Where This Project Begins

Snapdragon Jane — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 06:17:00 +0000

Growing Dye Plants in Scotland: What Actually Works in my Heavy, Wet Soil

Snapdragon Jane — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 07:01:00 +0000

Two Years, One Walk, and What I Learned About Chronic Pain

Snapdragon Jane — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:18:00 +0000

Vintage linens in Naples

Snapdragon Jane — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 15:59:00 +0000

Ancient cordage and a mummified crocodile

Snapdragon Jane — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 08:57:00 +0000

Being fully where you are

Snapdragon Jane — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 15:58:00 +0000

Is This Performative? Wearing our convictions on our sleeves

Snapdragon Jane — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 17:41:00 +0000

Every year I spend a few weeks in Naples, and every year the community marching bands gather on the street below my balcony to practise for the Easter processions. Last March, before they got to their usual repertoire, they played “Enola Gay” by OMD — an anti-war song from 1980. It turned out to be a quiet act of protest. That same day, the news was reporting that the word “gay” was being scrubbed from American government records, including references to the plane that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima.

The Colours of Naples Fishing Nets

Snapdragon Jane — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 15:19:00 +0000

Artist Dates as Resistance: Why Random Matters More Than Ever

Snapdragon Jane — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 12:59:00 +0000