Meet India Flint, the Botanical Alchemist
Designer, artist and writer India Flint was born in Melbourne and took her first steps in Montreal (Canada).She has lived in diverse localities ranging from the red dusted Andamooka Opal Fields to lush valleys in the Austrian Alps.
Presently India lives on a property situated on the eastern escarpment of the Mount Lofty Ranges, an ideal location to build a textile practice embracing art, theatre, science and fashion.
India Flint’s distinctive clothing is labelled with a sewn-in eucalytpus ecoprint and is available at exhibitions or as sartorial salvage by commission.
Each garment is individually handmade, embellished with stitching and dyed using ecologically sustainable plant dyes (a kind of botanical alchemy).
Plants for dyes are sourced from the family farm located in the Mount Lofty Ranges of South Australia. A flock of sheep including Leicester Longwool as well as Merino provide wool for felting as well as being delightful companions.
In order to offer some ecological balance a tree is planted at Hope Springs for each garment or textile work that is sold.
