welcome to
THE world of Flora Obscura
Flora Obscura is a botanical luxury brand founded by artist and designer Alison Kelly, celebrating the timeless beauty of flowers through naturally dyed and botanically printed textiles. Alison is the author of Printing from the Garden, sharing her passion for botanical printing with makers around the world through her book, workshops, and online classes. From heirloom silk pillowcases and wall hangings to immersive learning experiences, Flora Obscura invites you to surround yourself with the beauty of nature and preserve its fleeting blooms in lasting works of art.
Featured Products
Order a signed copy of Printing from the Garden, my comprehensive botanical printing book and natural dyeing guide.
Books ordered now will ship June 8th— thank you for your patience. This beautifully illustrated eco printing book teaches how to create one-of-a-kind prints using flowers and leaves, featuring step-by-step instruction and a compendium of 30 plants documenting their stunning effects on fabric and paper.
Bring the poetry of the garden into your home with a one-of-a-kind silk velvet pillow, naturally dyed and botanically printed using flowers, leaves, and plant pigments. Each pillow is handcrafted in my studio using traditional eco-printing and natural dye techniques, allowing the colors and botanical impressions to emerge through the alchemy of nature. The luminous silk velvet catches the light beautifully, creating rich depth and texture while the botanical prints make every piece completely unique.
Each pillowcase is cut from luxurious mulberry silk, naturally imbued with color from plants and botanically contact printed with real leaves and flowers. The plants leave their distinct marks, shapes, spirit, and colorful imprints behind.
A beautiful blank canvas for your botanical practice. This luxurious 20 momme silk charmeuse pillowcase has been professionally pre-mordanted with my personal mordanting method, so it is ready for eco printing, botanical printing, bundle dyeing, and natural dyeing.
Skip the scouring and mordanting and go straight to the creative part: gathering flowers, leaves, and botanicals and transforming them into a one-of-a-kind silk textile.
Transform your nightly routine into a luxurious ritual with our silk pillowcases. These joyfully imbued pillowcases feature the firey imprints of sulfut cosmos on a background of warm kamala extract. Naturally hypoallergenic and breathable, silk allows your skin to breathe deeply while helping to regulate temperature throughout the night. Unlike cotton, silk doesn’t strip your skin of moisture and helps prevent frizz, tangles, and breakage—making it a dream for both skin and hair.
Transform your nightly routine into a luxurious ritual with our silk pillowcases. Naturally hypoallergenic and breathable, silk allows your skin to breathe deeply while helping to regulate temperature throughout the night. Unlike cotton, silk doesn’t strip your skin of moisture and helps prevent frizz, tangles, and breakage—making it a dream for both skin and hair.
Elevate your home with these one-of-a-kind plant dyed silk velvet pillows, naturally dyed to a rich, luminous deep indigo using modern botanical dyeing techniques. Each pillow is handcrafted from sumptuous silk velvet, creating a luxurious interplay of light, texture, and color that cannot be replicated.
Material: Silk velvet and flowers.
Silk Velvet Pillows make for an eye-catching design element throughout the home— we see these shimmering editions as a piece of functional artwork made to bring light and color therapy to your interior world. This category is regularly updated with new pieces and color-ways. We are currently featuring a blooming garden of color and prints derived solely from flowers.
ATELIER ARCHIVES:
A LA CARTE workshopS
If you're drawn to a particular project or technique but aren't ready to commit to the full Atelier series, select workshops will also be available as standalone à la carte classes, allowing you to study individual themes as they are released.
Atelier Archive I: The Woodland Shawl— A dark botanical silk velvet study.
In this workshop, you'll learn how to combine ecoprinting and natural dye techniques to create a dramatic textile infused with the beauty of fresh leaves and flowers. You’ll capture the delicate verdant impressions in sumptuous silk velvet, while a dark logwood carrier blanket provides depth, contrast, and atmosphere.
No sewing is required. Simply arrive with a length of fabric and a curiosity for the natural world.
Order a signed copy of Printing from the Garden, my comprehensive botanical printing book and natural dyeing guide.
Books ordered now will ship June 8th— thank you for your patience. This beautifully illustrated eco printing book teaches how to create one-of-a-kind prints using flowers and leaves, featuring step-by-step instruction and a compendium of 30 plants documenting their stunning effects on fabric and paper.
Say hello to my first sewing pattern! The Flora Obscura Kaftan: Edition One is a paperless sewing pattern that transforms simple lengths of fabric into an elegant, wearable silhouette. Designed with simplicity in mind, this project requires only straight cuts and straight seams, making it an approachable introduction to garment sewing.
Custom Sizing— The Flora Obscura Kaftan is drafted directly from your own measurements using a simple formula. Rather than conforming to standard sizing, each piece is shaped around your unique proportions, resulting in a garment that feels effortless, comfortable, and distinctly your own.
Low-to-No-Waste Construction— This is a patternless sewing project designed to honor both fabric and maker. No paper patterns are required—nothing to print, tape, or cut out before you begin. The cutting layouts are designed maximize fabric usage and minimize waste.
Create a timeless wrap jacket without a sewing pattern.
This simple, patternless sewing workshop teaches you how to sew a beautiful zero-waste wrap jacket using a single panel of vintage linen—no printing, taping, or cutting PDF patterns required. With step-by-step video lessons, you'll learn an approachable method that's perfect for beginners while creating a uniquely chic garment you'll wear for years.
Atelier Archive III: Bundle Dyeing— The Flora Obscura Method
Discover the magic of bundle dyeing as flowers and leaves imprint their color and form directly onto fabric. In this video workshop, you'll learn the Flora Obscura method for creating richly layered botanical textiles using fresh and dried botanicals, natural fibers, and steam.
No sewing is required. Simply arrive with a length of fabric and a curiosity for the natural world.
Bring the pages of Printing from the Garden to life with this thoughtfully curated silk bandana kit, designed to help you practice botanical printing with confidence and ease. Transform nature into wearable art with this pre-mordanted silk habotai bandana, thoughtfully prepared and ready for botanical printing. Each luxurious silk scarf has been professionally mordanted, eliminating the most time-consuming step so you can begin creating beautiful leaf and flower impressions immediately.
Botanical Contact Printing with Fresh Flowers— The Flora Obscura Method
In this comprehensive Botanical Contact Printing Workshop, you'll learn the techniques behind Flora Obscura's signature botanical textiles while developing the confidence to create your own naturally printed silks. Rather than simply laying flowers on fabric, you'll discover how pigments transfer directly from fresh botanicals into natural fibers, creating one-of-a-kind prints that celebrate the individuality of every bloom.
Bring the pages of Printing from the Garden to life with this thoughtfully curated Starter Kit, designed to help you practice botanical printing with confidence and ease.
This kit includes a fine selection of my favorite silk fabrics which are prominently featured in the book— perfectly sized for experimenting. These are quietly luxurious fibers that soak up plant pigment beautifully.
Pre-measured selections of mordant ingredients to prepare fabric and paper for printing, so you can focus on the creative process—not the math and measuring.
Whether you’re new to botanical printing or want a guided way to refine your technique, this kit removes the guesswork and invites you straight into making. See additional details below.
BROWSE ALISON’S BOOK:
PRINTING FROM
THE GARDEN
“This is one of those rare creative books that manages to be both visually breathtaking and incredibly practical. From the very first page, Alison Kelly welcomes you into the world of botanical printing with a sense that she wants you to succeed no matter where you’re starting from.”
FREE GUIDE TO SCOURING, MORDANTING
AND USING NATURAL DYES
