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This week, we’ve got video from our live FEEDBACK FRIDAY featuring the Indigo Shade Map with the Maryland Institute College of Art and the Baltimore Natural Dye Initiative. Here’s the link for the Zoom recording. The Baltimore Natural Dye Initiative brings together multiple agencies, including the Maryland Institute College of Art, as well as artists […]

Join us May 29th, 9am Pacific, 12 pm Eastern for a live Zoom FEEDBACK FRIDAY with natural dyer and artist Cara Marie Piazza. Cara will take us through her process foraging for and utilizing flower and food waste in Brooklyn. We also just opened up registration for an online class with Cara taking place June […]

This week: How to make an indigo iron vat, can dyes expire and washfastness

This week, we’ve got video from our live FEEDBACK FRIDAY featuring scouring and mordanting. This week Botanical Colors’ Founder Kathy Hattori and our Lead Production Dyer Carrie Gunnersen gave us the 101 on how to get color on our favorite fibers. Here’s the link for the Zoom recording. Kathy and Carrie took us through the […]

Join us May 22nd, 9am Pacific, 12 pm Eastern for a live Zoom FEEDBACK FRIDAY for the launch of an Indigo Shade Map with Maryland Institute College of Art and the Baltimore Natural Dye Initiative. REGISTER HERE The Baltimore Natural Dye Initiative brings together multiple agencies, including the Maryland Institute College of Art, as well […]

This week, we’ve got video from our live FEEDBACK FRIDAY featuring Sasha Duerr and her tips on place-based dyeing. Here’s the link for the Zoom recording. Sasha taught us how to look at place as a treasure trove of color. She also gave some great tips on how to accept color no matter how long […]

This week, we’ve got video from our live FEEDBACK FRIDAY featuring book making with natural dye and textile artist Brece Honeycutt. Here’s the link for the Zoom recording. Brece taught us how to do “Improv Book Making” with supplies found in our kitchen and desk drawers. She also took us on a virtual trek to […]

This week, we’ve got video from our live FEEDBACK FRIDAY featuring Fashion Revolution Co-Founder Orsola de Castro and mending/natural dyeing author and artist Katrina Rodabaugh. Katrina Rodabaugh gave inspiring insight into some easy mending techniques, ways we can rethink our clothing and how natural dyes have been a big part of her Make, Thrift, Mend […]

This week, we’ve got video from our live FEEDBACK FRIDAY exploring natural dye inks with Judi Pettite of Biohue. Here’s the link for today’s recording. This time around we got Judi Pettite, the founder of Biohue to answer questions and talk about how she forages, purchases and grows all the materials for her art as mindfully […]

This week, we’ve got video from our live FEEDBACK FRIDAY exploring a version of the famous 1-2-3 indigo vat using iron. Here’s the link for today’s recording (Access Password: 80PX94) This time around we explored a version of the famous 1-2-3 indigo vat using iron (ferrous sulfate) as our reducing agent. This is a useful vat […]