Macramé for the Modern Home: 16 Stunning Projects Using Simple Knots and Natural Dyes

About Isabella Strambio

Isabella Strambio is a self-taught macramé and natural dye artist. She is half Italian and half Japanese and she grew up by the sea in Italy. At 18 she moved to the UK to learn English and study Interior Design.  Isabella has always been attracted to design hand-made products natural materials and textures and her passions are reflected in her work. She is also a big advocate of using recycled materials for her macramé work and food scraps for her natural dyeing. She started her blog www.isabellastrambio.com to document her personal journey to learn 12 new crafts in 12 months. In 2017 she took the leap and quit her career as an Interior Designer to work full-time on her small creative business. She has been featured in the Sunday Telegraph the UK TV series Kirstie's Handmade Christmas and regularly writes macramé tutorials for magazines like Mollie Makes In the Moment Hobbycraft and Origin. In 2019 her Natural Dyed Japanese Apron was one of the finalists for the Etsy Design Award. She runs workshops events and teambuilding classes in London and across the UK. She also teaches macramé and natural dyeing online for people that cannot attend her workshops.