Karen is a natural dyer with 10 years experience of working in botanical contact printing. She shares her passion for this art form in small group workshops in her garden studio in Kaiwaka. Botanical printing uses a sustainable kaupapa, finding sources of colour in the local landscape, roadside weeds, florists waste and even in the compost bin. She particularly loves exploring the use of Aotearoa's native plants and their uses as natural dyes. Her work can be seen on Felt.co.nz and at her online funeral shroud business AkeAkeShrouds.co.nz