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Four Elements
An Earth, Air, Fire and Water design with weld, woad and madder
This greeting card is made with several types of silks dyed with plants: green is for Earth (weld over-dyed with woad), yellow is for Air (weld leaves), red is for Fire (madder roots) and blue is Water (woad). All the colours in the card were in use in celtic and medieval times.
Price
£2.95
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More about our Celtic greeting cards. The card designs are based on Celtic themes and use natural dyes common in Celtic times. The design panels all use textiles dyed with natural dyes on a base of hand made paper. Each 6" by 4" (15 by 10 cm) greeting card bears a unique design on the centre of the front cover. The designs are 2.5” to 3” wide and comprise a hand made paper background with a foreground of silk and thread dyed with natural dyes. All the greeting cards are unique and the design may vary from the photograph. The inside of the greeting card is left blank for your own message. The cards are made from cream-coloured, 100% recycled paper.
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