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With over 100 free FEEDBACK FRIDAY episodes, we’re looking for your support to keep them going into 2023! FEEDBACK FRIDAY is a bi-weekly show featuring Botanical Colors’ President Kathy Hattori and Communications Director Amy DuFault. Every week, Kathy and Amy speak with dyers, artists, scientists, writers and scholars about their favorite topic, natural dyeing and color. FEEDBACK FRIDAY is now over 100 episodes strong! It went live in May 2020, two months into the pandemic lockdown. Both Kathy and Amy knew there was a need to gather community in a creative space. Artists worldwide were scared, lonely, quarantined and unable … Read more

Feedback Friday

FEEDBACK FRIDAY is a bi-weekly show featuring Botanical Colors’ President Kathy Hattori and Sustainability + Communications Director Amy DuFault. Every week, Kathy and Amy speak with dyers, artists, scientists, writers and scholars about their favorite topic, natural dyeing and color. FEEDBACK FRIDAY is now over 100 episodes strong and went live in May 2020, two months into the pandemic lockdown. Both Kathy and Amy realized there was a need to gather community in a creative space with artists worldwide scared, lonely, quarantined and unable to take a class or workshop for inspiration. The result has been overwhelming with over 10,000 … Read more

FEEDBACK FRIDAY Love Letters #3

Adire Eleko, 20th century Nigeria, Yoruba Factory woven plain weave cloth, cassava paste resist with indigo dye Gift of the Christensen Fund, Seattle Art Museum FEEDBACK FRIDAY has meant so much to Kathy and I, and we know it means a lot to you too. We so appreciate all the emails and notes you send weekly about how they help you through this time. So why not have a little series with some of your love letters that make us all feel the love of this natural dye community? Got something you’d like to share? Email me, Amy at [email protected]Read more

FEEDBACK FRIDAY Love Letters #2

FEEDBACK FRIDAY has meant so much to Kathy and I, and we know it means a lot to you too. We so appreciate all the emails and notes you send weekly about how they help you through this time. So why not have a little series with some of your love letters that make us all feel the love of this natural dye community? Got something you’d like to share? Email me, Amy at [email protected] Hello, I am a textile artist and designer based in the UK. After years working in high profile projects for film and TV (amongst other … Read more

FEEDBACK FRIDAY Love Letters #1

FEEDBACK FRIDAY has meant so much to Kathy and I, and we know it means a lot to you too. We so appreciate all the emails and notes you send weekly about how they help you through this time. So why not kick off a little series with some of your love letters that make us all feel the love of this natural dye community? Got something you’d like to share? Email me, Amy at [email protected] Dear Kathy and Amy, Thank you so much for the wonderful Feedback Fridays. They have been such a gift during this crazy time.  Although … Read more

Mordant Monday: A Feedback Friday Rerun!

Today for Mordant Monday we thought we would bring a classic back from the vault and highlight one of our YouTube videos where Kathy answers your mordanting Questions! Have fun with our video below. Don’t forget to Like, Comment & Subscribe! See Amy’s original post below: This week: Weeks worth of mordanting questions melded into one FEEDBACK FRIDAY! Watch here.