Colour4CRAFTS
@colour4crafts.bsky.social
@HorizonEU consortium project at @helsinkiuni, combining historical textile, craft & dyeing practices w/ new tech applications for bio-based dyes; funded by EU-Horizon (no. 101094809).
(1/3) Colour4CRAFTS.bsky.social was represented at the 44th “Dyes in History & Archaeology” conf last month. For a summary of the event, including the exciting announcement of DHA 45 in Helsinki, please visit the Colour4CRAFTS website, found here: colour4crafts.eu/2025/10/20/c....
October 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
(1/3) Colour4CRAFTS.bsky.social was represented at the 44th “Dyes in History & Archaeology” conf last month. For a summary of the event, including the exciting announcement of DHA 45 in Helsinki, please visit the Colour4CRAFTS website, found here: colour4crafts.eu/2025/10/20/c....
(1/3) 📣 Excited to announce new limited webinar series, “Textile Dyes of the Past & Future: Sharing the Colour4CRAFTS Experience”. @Colour4CRAFTS members will exchange knowledge, share experimental research methods 🧪 & discuss collaborative research experiences on topics & aspects of textile dyes...
October 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
(1/3) 📣 Excited to announce new limited webinar series, “Textile Dyes of the Past & Future: Sharing the Colour4CRAFTS Experience”. @Colour4CRAFTS members will exchange knowledge, share experimental research methods 🧪 & discuss collaborative research experiences on topics & aspects of textile dyes...
(1/3) Excited to host 2 events at Knit + Stitch Show! 🪡🧵 Team members will share their knowledge abt bio-based dyes, current trends, & heritage practices, & the beauty of natural colourants like madder & logwood. 🌿 More info (& discount code) or to register here: colour4crafts.eu/2025/10/10/c...
October 10, 2025 at 7:43 AM
(1/3) Excited to host 2 events at Knit + Stitch Show! 🪡🧵 Team members will share their knowledge abt bio-based dyes, current trends, & heritage practices, & the beauty of natural colourants like madder & logwood. 🌿 More info (& discount code) or to register here: colour4crafts.eu/2025/10/10/c...
(1/3) Excited to launch #Colour4CRAFTS “Nature’s Cornucopia” digital exhibition, feat contributions from AO Textiles, Eirini Boukla, Elizabeth Edward, & team members debthedyer.bsky.social, Muriel Rigout, @bintantitisari, & more. View exhibition here: colour4crafts.eu/natures-corn....
October 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
(1/3) Excited to launch #Colour4CRAFTS “Nature’s Cornucopia” digital exhibition, feat contributions from AO Textiles, Eirini Boukla, Elizabeth Edward, & team members debthedyer.bsky.social, Muriel Rigout, @bintantitisari, & more. View exhibition here: colour4crafts.eu/natures-corn....
(1/3) New podcast episode & blog post out now! Episode feat Riina Rammo, Liis Luhamaa & Debbie Bamford on traditional textile & dyeing practices. Blog post by Riina, Liis, Krista Wright & Kerttu Palginõmm on history of indigo blue dyes in Estonia. Both found here: colour4crafts.eu/menu/engagem....
September 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
(1/3) New podcast episode & blog post out now! Episode feat Riina Rammo, Liis Luhamaa & Debbie Bamford on traditional textile & dyeing practices. Blog post by Riina, Liis, Krista Wright & Kerttu Palginõmm on history of indigo blue dyes in Estonia. Both found here: colour4crafts.eu/menu/engagem....
(1/3) #Colour4CRAFTS & the Textile Institute are excited to launch the International Student Textile Design Competition, “Colour for Tomorrow”. Competition seeks imaginative and innovatively creative textile designs focusing on & using natural colourants. Submission deadline: 30.11.2025…
September 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
(1/3) #Colour4CRAFTS & the Textile Institute are excited to launch the International Student Textile Design Competition, “Colour for Tomorrow”. Competition seeks imaginative and innovatively creative textile designs focusing on & using natural colourants. Submission deadline: 30.11.2025…
(1/3) BioColour researchers, Gisela Umbuzeiro (University of Campinas, Brasilia) & Harold Freeman (North Carolina State University) met @Colour4CRAFTS team members Riikka Räisänen, Ana Nuutinen, Laura Seppälä, & Jenni-Liisa Yliniva at the University of Lapland...
September 3, 2025 at 8:37 AM
(1/3) BioColour researchers, Gisela Umbuzeiro (University of Campinas, Brasilia) & Harold Freeman (North Carolina State University) met @Colour4CRAFTS team members Riikka Räisänen, Ana Nuutinen, Laura Seppälä, & Jenni-Liisa Yliniva at the University of Lapland...
(1/3) Members of the #Colour4CRAFTS team from helsinki.fi participated in the Turku Night of Arts (Turun Taiteiden yö) on 14.08.2025 & contributed materials to the exhibition stand sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry - Finland local section. Prof. Riikka Räisänen, Juuso Laitila…
August 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
(1/3) Members of the #Colour4CRAFTS team from helsinki.fi participated in the Turku Night of Arts (Turun Taiteiden yö) on 14.08.2025 & contributed materials to the exhibition stand sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry - Finland local section. Prof. Riikka Räisänen, Juuso Laitila…
(1/2) New podcast episode & blog post out now. Episode feat Ana Nuuntinen & Laura Seppälä on futures studies, futures research & the futures cone. The episode & blog post can be found at colour4crafts.eu/menu/engagem.... Image: Members of #Colour4CRAFTS team mindmapping. Photo by Ana Nuutinen.
August 18, 2025 at 10:44 AM
(1/2) New podcast episode & blog post out now. Episode feat Ana Nuuntinen & Laura Seppälä on futures studies, futures research & the futures cone. The episode & blog post can be found at colour4crafts.eu/menu/engagem.... Image: Members of #Colour4CRAFTS team mindmapping. Photo by Ana Nuutinen.
(1/3) Another colour4crafts.bsky.social publication by Bintan Titisari & pammi2025.bsky.social on “A Systematic Review of Natural Colourants & Trend Forecasting Practices for the Textile & Fashion Industry”. Combines art, craft & design education & future studies via literature review...
July 2, 2025 at 10:40 AM
(1/3) Another colour4crafts.bsky.social publication by Bintan Titisari & pammi2025.bsky.social on “A Systematic Review of Natural Colourants & Trend Forecasting Practices for the Textile & Fashion Industry”. Combines art, craft & design education & future studies via literature review...
(1/3) New colour4crafts.bsky.social publications. “Dyes in History & Archaeology special issue feat 2 articles, guested edited by debthedyer.bsky.social. 1st led by Liis Luhamaa (“Rotting for Red: Archival, Experimental & Analytical Research on Estonian Traditions of Decomposing Alder Buckthorn...
June 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
(1/3) New colour4crafts.bsky.social publications. “Dyes in History & Archaeology special issue feat 2 articles, guested edited by debthedyer.bsky.social. 1st led by Liis Luhamaa (“Rotting for Red: Archival, Experimental & Analytical Research on Estonian Traditions of Decomposing Alder Buckthorn...
(1/3) #Colour4CRAFTS is excited to host alchemy workshop on 18.07.2025 led by Ana Nuutinen, Laura Seppälä, Päivi Fernstrom, & Riikka Räisänen. Held in-person at Alkio-opisto in Korpilahti, FI. More info or to register, visit: www.varjarikilta.fi/varjaripaivat/.
June 16, 2025 at 12:28 PM
(1/3) #Colour4CRAFTS is excited to host alchemy workshop on 18.07.2025 led by Ana Nuutinen, Laura Seppälä, Päivi Fernstrom, & Riikka Räisänen. Held in-person at Alkio-opisto in Korpilahti, FI. More info or to register, visit: www.varjarikilta.fi/varjaripaivat/.
(1/3) New podcast episode & blog post out now. Episode feat Ana Nuuntinen, Päivi Fernström, Pammi Sinha & Bintan Titisari on importance of art, craft & design education. Post by Päivi & Laura Seppälä on natural dyeing in higher education & craft practices. For access colour4crafts.eu/menu/engagem...
March 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
(1/3) New podcast episode & blog post out now. Episode feat Ana Nuuntinen, Päivi Fernström, Pammi Sinha & Bintan Titisari on importance of art, craft & design education. Post by Päivi & Laura Seppälä on natural dyeing in higher education & craft practices. For access colour4crafts.eu/menu/engagem...
(1/3) Thrilled abt @Colour4CRAFTS exhibition, “Nature’s Cornucopia: Ancient Sources, New Technologies”, opening today w/ School of Design @universityleeds. Exhibit feat our researchers Chris Carr, Muriel Rigout, debthedyer.bsky.social, Peter Broadbent, Pammi Sinha & Bintan Titisari…
January 30, 2025 at 11:46 AM
(1/3) Thrilled abt @Colour4CRAFTS exhibition, “Nature’s Cornucopia: Ancient Sources, New Technologies”, opening today w/ School of Design @universityleeds. Exhibit feat our researchers Chris Carr, Muriel Rigout, debthedyer.bsky.social, Peter Broadbent, Pammi Sinha & Bintan Titisari…
(1/4) Excited to announce new blog post & podcast episode are now available! Jan.’s podcast ep. feats instructor Jenni-Liisa Yliniva & students discussing experimental learning & textile design using natural dyes & colouration practices in @Colour4CRAFTS course “Experimental Textile Expression”…
January 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
(1/4) Excited to announce new blog post & podcast episode are now available! Jan.’s podcast ep. feats instructor Jenni-Liisa Yliniva & students discussing experimental learning & textile design using natural dyes & colouration practices in @Colour4CRAFTS course “Experimental Textile Expression”…
@colour4crafts.bsky.social is now live with our online public seminar "Textile Dyes for Tomorrow". You can join here: youtube.com/live/7RC588G...
January 14, 2025 at 9:17 AM
@colour4crafts.bsky.social is now live with our online public seminar "Textile Dyes for Tomorrow". You can join here: youtube.com/live/7RC588G...
Join us this morning (11:00 EEST/10:00 CET) for the @colour4crafts.bsky.social online public seminar "Textile Dyes for Tomorrow: How Does the Past Inform the Future?" More info & access link can be found here: colour4crafts.eu/2024/10/09/c.... We look forward to seeing you there!
January 14, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Join us this morning (11:00 EEST/10:00 CET) for the @colour4crafts.bsky.social online public seminar "Textile Dyes for Tomorrow: How Does the Past Inform the Future?" More info & access link can be found here: colour4crafts.eu/2024/10/09/c.... We look forward to seeing you there!
Part C 🧵 (1/4) 2024 proved fruitful for our nature & science, future & stretching teams as highlights incl achieving natural colours w/ no colour changes in PH neutral & low temp fabric laundering process, producing colour palette for digital textile printing w/ red, yellow, green, blue & black ...
January 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Part C 🧵 (1/4) 2024 proved fruitful for our nature & science, future & stretching teams as highlights incl achieving natural colours w/ no colour changes in PH neutral & low temp fabric laundering process, producing colour palette for digital textile printing w/ red, yellow, green, blue & black ...
Part B 🧵 (1/4) 2024 highlights for our arts & crafts team showcases meaningful ways our teams have worked together to produce & disseminate innovative research, incl presentations at international confs in Manchester, Paris & Sydney, interviewing craft sciences teachers & programme leaders at ...
January 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Part B 🧵 (1/4) 2024 highlights for our arts & crafts team showcases meaningful ways our teams have worked together to produce & disseminate innovative research, incl presentations at international confs in Manchester, Paris & Sydney, interviewing craft sciences teachers & programme leaders at ...
Part A 🧵 (1/4): For our history & tradition research group, 2024 highlights incl archival & textile discoveries (finding dye recipes in Estonian archives adding knowledge of strong red colours, Stockholm manuscripts IDing movement of indigo in Baltic area & ethnographic textiles w/ delicate...
January 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Part A 🧵 (1/4): For our history & tradition research group, 2024 highlights incl archival & textile discoveries (finding dye recipes in Estonian archives adding knowledge of strong red colours, Stockholm manuscripts IDing movement of indigo in Baltic area & ethnographic textiles w/ delicate...
(1/3) @Colour4CRAFTS will host public online seminar, “Textile Dyes for Tomorrow: How Does the Past Inform the Future?”, just 1 wk from today (14.01.2025), live from the Estonian National Museum, 11-13:00 EEST/10-12:00 CET. For more info, check out poster attached or visit...
January 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
(1/3) @Colour4CRAFTS will host public online seminar, “Textile Dyes for Tomorrow: How Does the Past Inform the Future?”, just 1 wk from today (14.01.2025), live from the Estonian National Museum, 11-13:00 EEST/10-12:00 CET. For more info, check out poster attached or visit...
(1/5) A 🧵: Happy New Year everyone! Excited abt 2025 & also reflecting on @Colour4CRAFTS 2024 highlights, which we will share this week. In 2024 #Colour4CRAFTS has: published 5 publications; delivered 14 papers/lectures; produced 12 conf. posters; provided 4 courses; 2 BA & 1 MA completions; ...
January 6, 2025 at 10:13 AM
(1/5) A 🧵: Happy New Year everyone! Excited abt 2025 & also reflecting on @Colour4CRAFTS 2024 highlights, which we will share this week. In 2024 #Colour4CRAFTS has: published 5 publications; delivered 14 papers/lectures; produced 12 conf. posters; provided 4 courses; 2 BA & 1 MA completions; ...
(1/3) Just in time for the holidays! 2 new blog posts & podcast ep. uploaded, feat. 2 #Colour4CRAFTS PhD researchers: Laura Virta (Imagining textile colour futures) & Saara Tahvanainen (Wonderful world of bio-based colorants through the eyes of a craft scientist) via colour4crafts.eu/menu/engagem...
December 16, 2024 at 12:16 PM
(1/3) Just in time for the holidays! 2 new blog posts & podcast ep. uploaded, feat. 2 #Colour4CRAFTS PhD researchers: Laura Virta (Imagining textile colour futures) & Saara Tahvanainen (Wonderful world of bio-based colorants through the eyes of a craft scientist) via colour4crafts.eu/menu/engagem...
(1/3) @Colour4CRAFTS cordially invites you to join us for an online public seminar, “Textiles Dyes for Tomorrow”, in Jan 2025. More info found here: colour4crafts.eu/2024/10/09/c....
December 12, 2024 at 3:11 PM
(1/3) @Colour4CRAFTS cordially invites you to join us for an online public seminar, “Textiles Dyes for Tomorrow”, in Jan 2025. More info found here: colour4crafts.eu/2024/10/09/c....
(1/3) @Colour4CRAFTS researcher Laura Seppälä was recipient of “Best Presentation Award” at the recent “Natural Dyes in Textile” conf. for her paper on “Natural Dyes: A Global Perspective on Commercial Solutions and Industry Players”. Congrats to Laura!
December 6, 2024 at 8:54 AM
(1/3) @Colour4CRAFTS researcher Laura Seppälä was recipient of “Best Presentation Award” at the recent “Natural Dyes in Textile” conf. for her paper on “Natural Dyes: A Global Perspective on Commercial Solutions and Industry Players”. Congrats to Laura!