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10/03/2025

Glimpses into a natural color practice ...

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05/23/2025

Still pushing the "Fruit Medley" (pear, peach and apricot bark) dye. It seems the tannins in the mix is strengthened each time I reheat for dyeing.
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05/19/2025

Sharing some closeups today. The fruit bark dye is proving to give a great range of colors with the spring foliage. Next up birch leaf dye.

EcoPrinting Dye
Design Design

04/06/2025

I am excited to be a guest artist at
with my botanically printed fabrics and indigo dyed/clay resist scarves. All colors are derived from plants, foraged, and grown.

The last image is an encaustic piece that just went to a great new home. This one will be particularly missed from the studio.

Today, I would also like to encourage everyone to support your as we look at the deletion of the NEH in the US






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business

03/29/2025

Coming April 1st will be my Winter 2025 series of botanically printed, , , each individually crafted, at the /"Collective- the art of craft" in Woodstock, Vermont. As a guest artist at the , I will have all these silks, linens, and more.

This work evoles around such a strong sense of place for me, namely on my farm and surrounding woods. It is such a satisfying way to be able to share my love and devotion to the world around me.l

03/17/2025

I am very excited to be included in the , "shape/shift show. Opening reception will be April 4th, 5-7. Hope to see you there!

03/05/2025

My therapy lately would be working my indigo vats. Yes, I've been delving into last seasons indigo pigment harvest and some clay resist techniques.
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02/09/2025

02/06/2025

I've been learning to paint with natural dyes. The yellow is marigold blossoms from the garden, and the red is a combination of cochineal and sumac cones. Both are done with a mordant paste and immersion dyeing. The black is iron reacting to the tannins in the dyes, and the white is a citric acid discharge. Art meets science, or is it the other way around?🥰

01/26/2025

From garden to silk scarf. I do love my materials.
Saffron grown, dyed, and botanically printed.