Artisan Mar Márquez has launched Humana Ecoprint, a sustainable fashion project located in the Sierra de Aracena, Huelva. Her proposal is based on the use of natural dyes extracted from local plants and locally sourced materials, reducing environmental impact. To consolidate this ecological textile industry, she is organizing the EMERGE meeting on June 11 and 12, where techniques and visions for a more responsible sector will be shared.
Vegetable dyes and low industrial impact processes 🌿
The ecoprint technique used by Mar Márquez consists of transferring pigments from leaves, flowers, and bark directly onto fabrics through steaming and natural mordanting. This artisanal process avoids the use of synthetic chemicals and requires precise control of temperature and pH to fix the colors. The commitment to organic fibers and the reduction of water consumption in dye baths are technical pillars of the project, which seeks to demonstrate that textile production can be local, clean, and reproducible on a small scale.
When your t-shirt smells like rosemary instead of a factory 🌸
While big brands discuss how to recycle plastic bottles to make polyester, Mar Márquez goes to the countryside, collects branches, and boils them in a pot. Her approach is not just sustainable fashion: it is a return to grandma's alchemy, but with the ecological awareness of the 21st century. If the future of clothing is to smell like lavender and not solvent, welcome are the pants that look like a vertical garden.