September 27th, 2025: FALL COLOR SEASONAL DYE WORKSHOP WITH SASHA DUERR 

Description

PACIFIC NORTHWEST FALL COLOR 

SEASONAL DYE WORKSHOP 

WITH SASHA DUERR 

Saturday September 27, 2025  from 10-2 plus book signing and shopping

In-person at the Botanical Colors Studio

503 S Michigan St Ste B, Seattle WA 98108

Join us for a fall color natural dye workshop exploring the seasonal colors of Seattle with author and textile artist Sasha Duerr.

This one day, hands-on session will be offered to savor slow and holistic hues. We’ll learn to “cook with color” with a variety of seasonal plants of the Pacific Northwest, gleaned from locally grown materials, as well as weeds, windfall and waste. Participants will be working with regional raw materials.

The workshop begins at 10AM till 2PM on Saturday September 27th.  Participants will dye silk/wool textile in one of the foraged colors and receive a sample page of additional regional shades.

We will celebrate Sasha’s visit with a book signing and pop-up right after the workshop- From 2-3 PM  where you can get a copy of her beautiful book, “Natural Palettes” signed, and shop  dyes, tools, fabrics, books and more.

Workshop Details

The workshop will be held at Botanical Colors, 503 S Michigan St, Ste B, Seattle, WA 98108.

The workshop starts at 10AM and will include all plant dyeing materials, as well as a beautiful textile to take home and a range of seasonal palette swatches.

WHAT TO BRING

• Garden shears to cut up dyestuffs (optional – we will have a few pairs)
• Bring a notebook and pen
• Comfortable clothes to dye in
• Brown bag lunch (we have a refrigerator)

SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY
We have a 100% paid scholarship opportunity for one person to attend Sasha’s workshop in exchange for assistance with workshop preparation and setup, and cleanup after our workshop. It will require 2 hours assistance on Friday September 26 and assistance with cleanup after the event on Saturday September 27 between 3 and 4 PM.  Please link here for additional information and to apply.

Questions?  Please email [email protected]

About Sasha Duerr

SASHA DUERR is an artist, designer and educator who works with plant-based color and natural palettes. Sasha centers her practice and research on the collaborative color potential of weeds, food and floral waste, and local and seasonal ingredients. Teaching for over a decade at California College of the Arts with a joint appointment in Textiles and Fine Arts,  Sasha lectures, consults and widely designs curriculum and courses in the intersection of natural color, slow food, slow fashion and social practice. In 2007, Sasha founded Permacouture Institute to encourage the exploration of regenerative design practices for fashion and textiles.  From “Dinners to Dye For” to “Weeding Your Wardrobe” and “Seasonal Color Wheels” her extensive work with plant-based color palettes has been featured in the New York Times, American Craft Magazine,Domino, Elle Decor Uk, Selvedge, and the Huffington Post. Sasha is the author of THE HANDBOOK OF NATURAL PLANT DYES (Timber Press/Workman 2011) NATURAL COLOR (Watson-Guptill/Ten Speed Press 2016) and NATURAL PALETTES (Princeton Architectural Press 2020).