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Join us this week, April 3rd, 9am Pacific/12 noon Eastern for another live Zoom FEEDBACK FRIDAY on growing dye plants from seed. Let’s come together and talk all things natural dyes. What could be better?

This week, we’ve got video and questions from our first ever live FEEDBACK FRIDAY! Social distance can’t stop us from talking about what we love to do most.

Join us this week, March 27th, 9am Pacific,  for a live FEEDBACK FRIDAY! Let’s social distance ourselves from the realities of what’s outside our homes and talk all things natural dyes. What could be better? If you are not familiar with FEEDBACK FRIDAY, every week, we are emailed with questions from our natural dye community. […]

This week: Substitutes for aluminum acetate and using recyclables for natural dye seed cups

Covid-19 update from Botanical Colors Greetings from Seattle – ’nuff said about that. We are heartbroken that so many of our dear creative friends are feeling the fear and uncertainty of the outbreak. It is a crazy time, and not knowing what’s going to happen is unnerving. We are doing okay, and taking an abundance […]

This week: Clean dye studios, saturated color and vinegar post-bath for everything?

This week: Indigo painting and temperamental indigo vats

This week: Dyeing with fugitive color and pre-making dye extracts for a later date

Botanical Colors has been on a mission to eliminate our single-use plastic packaging. But this has not been an easy journey. Our quest has been fraught with false starts and setbacks and claims that haven’t been exactly true. The hardest part is that as a small company there are some options that are out of […]

This week: How to use natural dye ink for painting on canvases and clothing