botanicolor is a presentation of two themes, natural dyes and natural fibres, with the concentration on the plants which yeild them. of course, whithout the doings of people, fibres and dyes would not be taken from the plants and could not realize their potential. with inspired craftsmanship and chemical understanding ,raw natural materials are manipulated so that something entirely new and different comes into being.
thus botanicolor is also about the people and their connection to the plant kingdom, about ethnobotany.
"botanicolor" was researched by Maja and Max Willis for an exhibition at the Botanical Gardens of the University of Basel, Switzerlannd, in summer 2001.
exhibit broschure pdf