Natural Dyeing with Hibiscus Using Alum as Modifier
My oldest sister used to have this deep peachy pink hibiscus plant that traveled along with her from school to her first apartment and I always remembered that plant as Kate's plant. It fit her and it seems to me even being quite a bit younger and not really knowing how to take care of plants myself, she doted on it a lot. If I look back at pictures, shots taken as a family at her first apartment, I'm sure
Makers and Shakers | Life Crush (for Marie Claire)
I'm thrilled to be featured between makers and shakers Naa-Sakle Akuete, Angela Duckworth and Sarah Robb O'Hagan (to name a few) in this April edition of Marie Claire. Shortly after this feature was released this Murky Waters Woven piece was sold. Shown here in situ in the clients home. March 22, 2017 A year ago this week, I decided to take a step back from Graphic Design/Photo Art Direction when I realized New York and the big cities just wasn't "it" for me
#LymeDiseaseChallenge Take A Bite Out of Lyme
During my trips through the grasses collecting botanicals for dyeing and weaving, I'm conscious of a lot of hazards in the wild and free area I'm living in right now. Bears, coyotes and wolves to name the larger, unlikely predators (though as I write I am hearing wolves calling), snakes
The Case of Giant Rhubarb, Oxalic Acid and Other Silly Stories
It started to rain. Hey, Rhubarb leaves make for a great umbrella! I love rhubarb. Love it. Rhubarb pie, crisp, cobbler. I love it in mixed drinks, jams, ice cream
Giving The Yellow Light
ROCKET WOMAN Whole plants pulled (very easily) with my mom and Golden Retriever, Fergus in tow. I've had a brief but gleeful love affair with Wintercrest—a little weed with a cute nickname: Yellow Rocket. I found to my dismay, after successfully producing a sulfuric yellow, that my time with Yellow Rocket (Barbarea Vulgaris Arcuata) has come to a close. I dearly hold on to my exhausted dyebath and roots (knowing full well there are so many yellows to be had before the winter