As a textile artist I have worked with plant dyeing and leaf imprinting onto cloth for more than twenty-five years, a technique now commonly used and known as ‘eco-dyeing’ or ‘eco prints’. Over the years I have developed and fine-tuned my technique of imprinting and the process has become a way of articulating my relationship with landscapes in Australia. My love of textiles and cloth has often been connected to where I am, and where I have been, in terms of place and belonging, and I have discovered a kind of openess in bringing the two together. I am interested in the way memories can be held in cloth and in the close connection with materials especially through the meditative act of hand stitching.  I love the process of plant dyeing – the collecting of plant material in a given place, the extracting of dyes and imprints, and recording it in the cloth. There is a magic to the process due to the element of serendipity involved. I gather the leaves, perform the tasks required and bring my intentions to the mix, after which I have to let go and let the alchemy of the dye pots take over. In a sense, I just set the scene for the mystery to unfold.