Hyperlocal Color

Foraging dye materials from my immediate environment is central to my practice. I dye reclaimed silk using plant “debris” that seems to have little to offer but that yields a surprisingly wide range of color.

full strength

reclaimed silk dyed with foraged walnut, plum leaves, and rhododendron petals; found sticks; handstitch; wood panel

8 in x 10 in

stacked to the rafters

reclaimed silk dyed with foraged iris, poppy, and Oregon grape; birch twigs; handstitch; wood panel

8 in x 10 in

sofa ’73

reclaimed silk dyed with foraged mockernut hickory leaves; blue elderberry canes; handmade paper cylinders; handmade ceramic bead; handstitch; wood panel

8 in x 10 in

the pouring river

reclaimed silk dyed with foraged camellia petals, foraged twigs, handpainted paper cylinders, beeswax, handstitch, wood panel

9 in x 12 in

sunbeat

reclaimed silk dyed with foraged iris and butterfly bush flowers, wool dyed with eucalyptus leaves, wood panel

8 in x 10 in

radiant rialto

reclaimed silk dyed with butterfly bush flowers, foraged twigs, handmade paper cylinders, handstitch, wood panel

8.5 in x 11 in

let them clash together

reclaimed silk dyed with foraged butterfly bush flowers and rhododendron petals, handmade paper cylinders, canvas panel

4 in x 6 in

intervals of return

reclaimed silk dyed with foraged poppy, found sticks, handmade paper cylinders, handstitch, wood panel

8 in x 8 in

bonfire

reclaimed silk dyed with foraged poppy and walnut, handmade paper cylinders, wood panel

5 in x 7 in

the ladder that forgot itself

reclaimed silk dyed with foraged iris, found sticks, handmade paper cylinders, collaged paper, thread, wood panel

5 in x 7 in

this way and that

reclaimed silk dyed with foraged camellia, found sticks, collaged paper, thread, wood panel

10 in x 10 in

all seasons sweet

reclaimed silk dyed with foraged walnut, camellia, and hollyhock; sticks; found paper; thread; wood panel

5 in x 7 in

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