RUST DYING

Rust Impressions: A playful experiment of decay and transformation

These examples demonstrate the beauty of rust and the marks it leaves behind. Each piece is created through the slow, natural process of rust dyeing where metal, and fibre react to create one of a kind prints and colourations.

Using reclaimed materials like railway sleepers, old nails, discarded construction steel, and forgotten tools, the metal tell its story on the fabric. As the rust transfers onto the fibres it forms rich patterns and earthy tones of warm coppers, deep browns to smoky greys, often with beautiful surprises.

Every print captures a moment of transformation, turning industrial remnants into soft, tactile works that celebrate decay, renewal, and the quiet beauty in imperfection.