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  • FEEDBACK FRIDAY Highlights Video of 2020 (And Happy New Year!)

    by Amy DuFault on December 31, 2020

    A FEEDBACK FRIDAY Highlights video? Yes! For 36 weeks, Kathy and I have brought you FEEDBACK FRIDAY where weekly we speak with dyers, artists, scientists and scholars about our favorite topic, natural dyeing and color. Curated and presented by Botanical Colors’ Founder Kathy Hattori and me, Amy DuFault, Botanical Colors’ Sustainability and Social Media Director, […]

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  • Video From LIVE FEEDBACK FRIDAY: Rowland Ricketts

    by Amy DuFault on December 21, 2020

    This week’s FEEDBACK FRIDAY was with Rowland Ricketts where we talked all things indigo. Watch the video HERE. Shop all our indigo here. Visit our vast amount of indigo pages and how-tos. Make a 1-2-3 fructose indigo vat. Make a 1-2-3 henna indigo vat. Make a 1-2-3 Shakealotta indigo vat. Make a 1-2-3 iron indigo […]

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  • Seven swatches of blue fabric from very pale on the left to dark navy blue on the right A Deep Dive into the 1-2-3 Indigo Vat

    by Kathy Hattori on November 18, 2020

    Indigo gradation from Aboubakar Fofana’s workshop on indigo.  The vat is a 7gpl fructose vat. Diving into indigo blue We have been working with the 1-2-3 indigo vat for nearly 10 years and over time made some adjustments to the original recipe from Michel Garcia. Here we share a recent experiment where we set up […]

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  • Video From LIVE FEEDBACK FRIDAY: 1-2-3 Indigo Vat

    by Amy DuFault on November 15, 2020

    This week’s FEEDBACK FRIDAY was on the famous 1-2-3 indigo vat! Presenting this week? The best of the best, Botanical Colors Founder/President Kathy Hattori joined by Botanical Colors’ team member Kate Rosendale. Watch the video HERE. We get more questions about indigo than any other dye, so we decided to update our online information and […]

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  • Video From LIVE FEEDBACK FRIDAY: Lani Estill

    by Amy DuFault on November 6, 2020

    This week’s FEEDBACK FRIDAY was with fiber artist and rancher, Lani Estill. Lani Estill and her family own and operate Bare Ranch, a vertically integrated diversified livestock operation producing cattle, sheep, alfalfa and grass hay. The ranch is in Northeastern California and Northwest Nevada. They practice regenerative agriculture and with the help of partners like […]

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  • Video From LIVE FEEDBACK FRIDAY: Madame Magar

    by Amy DuFault on October 18, 2020

    This week’s FEEDBACK FRIDAY was with Leigh Magar of Madame Magar. Leigh talked about all things indigo from her work as an indigo artist, designer, farmer and educator on issues surrounding indigo’s origins. Watch the video HERE. Madame Magar is a textile design studio inspired by art, nature, folkways and history. The studio embraces a […]

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  • Video From LIVE FEEDBACK FRIDAY: Kathy Hattori Q&A

    by Amy DuFault on September 11, 2020

    This week’s FEEDBACK FRIDAY was all about Botanical Colors’ Founder/President, Kathy Hattori for a Q&A. Watch the video Q&A HERE. …and here are a bunch of questions Kathy didn’t get to that she’s answered: I would like to know how to work with a lump of logwood extract that got damp. maybe in a blog […]

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  • Video from LIVE FEEDBACK FRIDAY: Aboubakar Fofana

    by Amy DuFault on June 6, 2020

    This week, we’ve got video from our live FEEDBACK FRIDAY featuring Aboubakar Fofana. We got to take a walk through Aboubakar’s art and life’s work through a visually stunning slideshow as well as a mini-film featuring his farm in Mali, West Africa. We’ve never had more emails thanking us for giving access to such an […]

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  • Video From LIVE FEEDBACK FRIDAY: Cara Marie Piazza

    by Amy DuFault on June 1, 2020

    This week, we’ve got video from our live FEEDBACK FRIDAY featuring natural dyer and artist Cara Marie Piazza. Cara took us through her process foraging for and utilizing flower and food waste in Brooklyn. We also just opened up registration for two online classes with Cara Marie Piazza taking place June 6th and June 27th […]

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  • Video From LIVE FEEDBACK FRIDAY: Indigo with Maryland Institute College of Art

    by Amy DuFault on May 22, 2020

    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 […]

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