Apr
28
10:00 AM10:00

SEATTLE URBAN FORAGE + FARMERS MARKET FLAVORS WORKSHOP with Sasha Duerr + Botanical Colors

Sunday, April 28, 2024 from 10am-4pm

In-person at the Botanical Colors Studio, Seattle WA

Join us for a urban forage natural dye workshop exploring the local seasonal color palettes of spring in Seattle with renowned author and textile artist Sasha Duerr.

This one day session will be offered to savor slow textiles and natural palettes and delicious edible dyestuffs. Participants will learn how to dye fabrics with seasonal plants as well as experience a colorful and delicious tasting menu crafted from the same ingredients and other regional delicacies.

Explore the art and design possibilities of making and applying hues from waste by-products of local produce, as well as foraged flora and foliage. We’ll learn to create natural colors from scratch with seasonal colors gleaned from locally grown materials, as well as weeds, windfall and waste.

The workshop begins at 10AM and adjourns at 4PM on Sunday April 28 and includes an array of small plates and noshes featuring edible dyestuff ingredients and local foods for our mid-day meal.

We will celebrate Sasha’s visit with a book signing and pop-up from right after the workshop from 4-6 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 sample palette swatches we’ll create together.

We will break around 1PM for a delicious, casual array of small plates and tastes crafted from local farmers, foragers, beekeepers, dairies and other regional, colorful offerings. If you are swooning from hunger before then, please bring a light snack to keep you going.

Our workshop ends at 4PM, but immediately after we will have a pop-up for shopping from 4-6 PM and will feature Sasha’s latest book, Natural Palettes. Sasha will be on hand to sign books and regional Color Wheels.

Total cost per person including the workshop and mid-day tasting menu is $295.

Questions? Please email workshops@botanicalcolors.com

UPDATE THIS WORKSHOP IS SOLD OUT

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Sep
3
to Sep 5

EXPLORING THE SEASONAL COLOR + TASTE PALETTE- A SLOW FOOD + SLOW TEXTILE RETREAT WITH THE MAKERIE AT BLACK CAT ORGANIC FARM


EXPLORING THE SEASONAL COLOR + TASTE PALETTE AT BLACK CAT ORGANIC FARM WITH SASHA DUERR + THE MAKERIE

BOULDER, COLORADO

September 3rd -5th, 2024

WORKSHOP DETAILS

Over three beautifully immersive days, we’ll experiment with and dye an array of naturally sourced colors and plant-dyed textiles, learning to cook with color from the unique early autumn hues we will gather and forage onsite in a special retreat slow food and slow textile retreat with the Makerie at Black Cat Organic Farm.  

Collaborating with local and seasonal sources of color from an abundance of bi-product edible plants, weeds, and food waste allows us to work with whole plants to create both taste and color palettes. We’ll make a very special seasonal color palette that speaks uniquely to Black Cat Farm, creating a full array of swatches for you to keep, as well as a collection of seasonally dyed linen napkins and a table runner for your table in celebration of slow textiles. Inspired by her latest books, Natural Color and Natural Palettes, Sasha will share creative plant dye processes, unique ways to create patterns with the dyes on textiles, and provide recipes to inspire you to make your own natural "color stories” with what you find in the environments that surround you. These natural color techniques and recipes can be used in an abundance of ways, whether in your own art and design practice, or to imbue your everyday textiles and garments with vibrant, meaningful, and unique colors through natural plant-based palettes.

In addition to exploring nature’s miraculous colors that can be found all around us, we will explore the flavor profiles of the edible ingredients we will be using for dyes. Chef Eric Skokan will guide us in gaining a deeper understanding of these ingredients as he leads tastings to experience them in various ways, and sharing his favorite ways to use them to create wonderful dishes.

Our workshop will culminate in a shared ‘Luncheon to Dye For’, celebrating the seasonal color and taste palette of Colorado and Black Cat Farm, and highlighting the biodiversity of slow food and slow textiles with natural palettes made with the very same ingredients. We invite you into a colorful, experimental, and beautiful experience that will deepen your appreciation and expand your mind to embrace the possibilities of what might be growing right outside your door.

REGISTRATION OPENS MARCH 6th, 2024

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Sep
7
to Sep 8

THE SEASONAL COLOR BOUQUET AT SHEGROWS FARM WITH SASHA DUERR + THE MAKERIE

THE SEASONAL COLOR BOUQUET

AT SHEGROWS FARM WITH SASHA DUERR +

THE MAKERIE

September 7th and 8th, 2024

Arvada, Colorado

WORKSHOP DETAILS

During two beautifully colorful and creativity-filled days- in collaboration with The Makerie- we’ll create a gorgeous natural dye palette with leftover ingredients from a farm-grown seasonal bouquet. We’ll learn how to forage floral hues from the plentiful gardens and explore natural dye techniques from the flowers and even weeds onsite. This two-day retreat will encourage and support the abundance possible through everyday sources, conceptual inspiration for curating color combinations, and practical routes to creating place-based and zero-waste natural palettes.

These natural color techniques and recipes can be used in an abundance of ways, whether in your own art and design practice, or to imbue your everyday textiles and garments with vibrant, meaningful, and unique colors through natural plant-based palettes.

Exploring the practical and poetic aspects of plant-based colors, we’ll delve into the beauty of ‘slowness’ and seasonality, and quite literally the overlaps between slow florals and slow textiles. Our workshop sessions will instill the depth and possibility to renew the awe of the everyday, connecting us to the potential of holistic hues. Students will take home a beautiful palette of swatches we create together, larger sample textiles, a beautiful bouquet of ingredients to create dyes at home, as well as a set of linen napkins and a silk/wool wrap dyed in our unique seasonal floral palette we create together at SHEGROWS Farm.

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Mar
20
to Apr 17

LIVING COLOR-NATURAL PALETTES ONLINE SPRING SESSION-5 Week Course

LIVING COLOR- NATURAL PALETTES ONLINE SPRING SESSION

WEDNESDAYS- March 20th- April 17th , 2024

10am-12pmHST / 1pm- 3pm PST/ 4pm- 6pm EST

*All sessions are live and will be recorded so that participants can access the lessons from various schedules and time zones. Recordings will be available for 3 months after course ends.

“Colors with particular landscapes, the restorative qualities of medicinal plants, common garden flora, lifestyle experiences, food and floral waste, and the ecological benefits of using organic materials to create colors. You may never view color—or your plants—the same way again.” NATURAL PALETTES (Princeton Architectural Press 2020)

In this 5 Week Online Session, we’ll delve into the concepts of the deeply participatory and inspiring ways that plant-based color can instill wonder and connectedness in our everyday. With Sasha’s book NATURAL PALETTES as our guide for hands-on demos and plant-based recipes, we’ll explore natural color theory, and the immersive properties that holistic hues can connect us to, as well as take a deeper dive into regenerative design, color ecology, dye gardening, seed saving, and savoring the seasonal color palettes of spring.

All sessions will include visual slide shows + lectures, themed plant-dye recipes and process demos, as well as q+a discussions, helpful resources, and further inspiration to nurture a lifetime of learning and awe.

Each live course session will also be recorded so you can learn and work at your own pace.

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Week 1 Living Color- Natural Palettes: an Introduction to Plant-based Color and Inspiration for Engaged Practices with Natural Dyes

Week 2 Compost Colors- Weeds, Waste and Wonder: Creating Natural Dyes from Food, Floral, and Foraged Ingredients

Week 3 Color Therapy- Holistic Hues for Spring and the Senses

Week 4 Landscape Alchemy- Color + Care for Our Ecologies through Regenerative Practices + Participation

Week 5 Cultivating Color- Harvesting Hues, Seed Saving, Sharing, + Savoring the Seasonal Color Palettes of Spring

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5 Sessions - Course Fee $395.00 all sessions are live and will be recorded, a list of helpful materials will be included, as well as plant-dye recipes and additional natural color resources each week.

**Student and artisan need-based scholarships are available- please inquire here.

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Feb
22
8:00 AM08:00

COMPOST COLOURS - ONLINE WORKSHOP LIVE WITH LAND ART COLLECTIVE

COMPOST COLOURS

2 Hour Workshop Online

February 22nd, 2024

8am HST/ 10am PST/ 1pm EST/ 6pm GMT

Live with LAND ART COLLECTIVE

Inspired by recipes in Sasha’s books "Natural Color" + "Natural Palettes", you will learn to make a range of natural colors and holistic hues from by-products of your favorite meal, farmer’s market, or even ingredients found in your very own backyard or urban sidewalk. 

In this two hour workshop, we'll make and curate a truly unique and authentic color palette made entirely from waste. We’ll learn to create vibrant natural color recipes from scratch and make saturated samples of plant-based hues from everyday bi-products from food and floral waste- highlighting awe in the everyday.  Sasha will share helpful materials, methods, tools and techniques for all skill levels as we  "cook with color.”

An abundance of helpful resources and plant-based color recipes will be shared upon completion of our class. This workshops is suitable for new or accomplished dyers - lots of new ideas and methods offered.

BOOK HERE!

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Jan
19
to Jan 21

CONJURING A WINTER RAINBOW - 3 Day In-Person Workshop with SASHA DUERR + TEXTILE CENTER OF MINNESOTA- Minneapolis, MN

CONJURING A WINTER RAINBOW

WITH SASHA DUERR + TEXTILE CENTER OF MINNESOTA

3 Day Workshop In-Person Workshop

Friday, January 19 – Sunday, January 21, 2024

10 am – 4 pm

Join renowned natural dyer, artist, and educator Sasha Duerr for a 3-day Guest Teaching Artist workshop at TEXTILE CENTER OF MINNESOTA to create local and seasonal color with evergreens and other January dye ingredients.

Explore the wonder and nature of compost-based colors by creating place-based zero-waste palettes with natural dyes. Experiment with upcycling an evergreen holiday tree and winter foliage alongside other natural materials to create a rainbow of hues. Consider alchemy for local and seasonal color, including melting ice and snow for dyeing (weather permitting!) and utilizing elemental surface design techniques that center on January findings. Sasha will share concepts from her recent book NATURAL PALETTES (PAPress, 2020) and offer regenerative tips for creating an artistic practice that centers on experimentation, fieldwork, plant-based research, circular reuse, and natural dyes as a tool for social and environmental connection. Workshop participants will create an abundance of beautiful post-holiday hues — both in the form of the color stories and natural palettes we conjure as samples — as well as a collection of larger textiles created along the way.

Deepen your engagement with working with plant-based hues and experience the awe that can be found with creating color from everyday ingredients.

JOIN US HERE - UPDATE SOLD OUT

Art Speaks Conversation with Sasha Duerr:

In conjunction with this workshop, Sasha will be joining Textile Center for a virtual, sliding-scale Art Speaks conversation on Monday, December 4, at 12 noon CDT. Learn more and register for Art Speaks: Natural Palettes with Sasha Duerr online here.

Info for Out-Of-Town Guests:

For our out of town guests, nearby accommodations are available with our partner hotels. For the special Textile Center rate and more info, visit our website here: www.textilecentermn.org/visit/

Want to become a member and receive the member price when you register? Click HERE to check out our membership levels, add a membership to the cart, and save 10% on all classes plus other benefits, including supporting a great organization!

For Scholarship Inquiries, Contact Cristin McKnight Sethi:

cmcknightsethi@textilecentermn.org

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Jan
10
to Feb 7

LIVING COLOR- NATURAL PALETTES ONLINE WINTER SESSION- 5 Week Course

LIVING COLOR- NATURAL PALETTES ONLINE WINTER SESSION

5 SESSIONS- WEDNESDAYS- January 10th- February 7th, 2024*

10am-12pmHST / 12pm- 2pm PST/ 3pm- 5pm EST

*All sessions are live and will be recorded so that participants can access the lessons from various schedules and time zones. Recording will be available for 3 months after course ends.

“Colors with particular landscapes, the restorative qualities of medicinal plants, common garden flora, lifestyle experiences, food and floral waste, and the ecological benefits of using organic materials to create colors. You may never view color—or your plants—the same way again.” NATURAL PALETTES (Princeton Architectural Press 2020)

In this 5 Week Online Winter Session, we’ll delve into the concepts of the deeply participatory and inspiring ways that plant-based color can instill wonder and connectedness in our everyday. With Sasha’s book NATURAL PALETTES as our guide for hands-on demos and plant-based recipes, we’ll explore natural color theory, and the immersive properties that holistic hues can connect us to, as well as take a deeper dive into regenerative design, color ecology, dye gardening, seed saving, and savoring the seasonal color palettes of winter.

All sessions will include visual slide shows + lectures, themed plant-dye recipes and process demos, as well as q+a discussions, helpful resources, and further inspiration to nurture a lifetime of learning and awe.

Each live course session will also be recorded so you can learn and work at your own pace.

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Week 1 Living Color- Natural Palettes: an Introduction to Plant-based Color and Inspiration for Engaged Practices with Natural Dyes

Week 2 Compost Colors- Weeds, Waste and Wonder: Creating Natural Dyes from Food, Floral, and Foraged Ingredients

Week 3 Color Therapy- Holistic Hues for Winter and the Senses

Week 4 Landscape Alchemy- Color + Care for Our Ecologies through Regenerative Practices + Participation

Week 5 Cultivating Color- Harvesting Hues, Seed Saving, Sharing, + Savoring the Seasonal Color Palettes of Winter.

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Join us HERE!

*5 Sessions - Course Fee $395.00- all sessions are live and will be recorded, a list of helpful materials will be included, as well as plant-dye recipes and additional natural color resources each week. Recordings available for 3 months after completion date.

*Student and artisan need-based scholarships are available- please inquire here.



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Dec
17
10:00 AM10:00

HOLIDAY HUES- ONLINE WORKSHOP

UPCYCLE YOUR CELEBRATIONS WITH SEASONAL COLOR PALETTES

ONLINE SUNDAY- DECEMBER 17th, 2023*

10am- 12pm HST/ 12pm- 2pm PST/ 3pm- 5pm EST

Join Sasha for this special winter workshop to create circular colors from seasonal drinks, food + decor - just in time for the holidays! In this two hour class, Sasha will walk you through 4 creative seasonal plant dyes + inspiration for projects that can be made from winter food + floral waste. This workshop will encourage and support the abundance and beauty possible through everyday sources, conceptual inspiration for curating natural color combinations, and practical routes to creating place-based and zero waste natural palettes.

Renewing with natural dyes, and creating meaningful zero waste color- the gift that keeps on giving!

*All sessions are live and will be recorded and available for three months from workshop date- so that participants can access the lessons from various schedules and time zones and learn at their own pace in the process.

*Natural dye recipes + resources will be sent to all participants following our live session!

JOIN US HERE!

*Student and artisan need-based scholarships are available- please inquire here.



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Dec
4
12:00 PM12:00

ART SPEAKS- Online Artist Talk with Sasha Duerr + Textile Center of Minnesota

EVENT DETAILS

Join us for a conversation with renowned natural dyer, artist, and educator Sasha Duerr as she shares insight from her latest book, Natural Palettes: Inspiration from Plant-Based Color (Princeton Architectural Press, 2020).

Monday, December 4, 2023

12 - 1 pm CT

Virtual on Zoom

REGISTER FOR TALK HERE!

From the natural color ingredients that can be found in weeds, prunings and cover crops, to the vast potential of food and floral waste, plant-based "color stories" can both poetically and practically engage us in immersive and holistic practices. Through examples of participation, Sasha will highlight the important role plant-based colors can hold in widening our "color senses" and supporting biodiversity, while also offering an abundance of opportunity for creativity and collaboration in the process.

As a complement to this online Art Speaks lecture in December, Sasha will lead an in-person Guest Teaching Artist workshop at Textile Center from January 19-21, 2024 focused on Conjuring a Winter Rainbow. More Info + Join us here!

Artist Bio

Sasha Duerr (she/her) 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 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).

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Nov
12
10:00 AM10:00

SEAWEED COLOR STUDY- ONLINE WORKSHOP

SEAWEED COLOR STUDY- ONLINE WORKSHOP

SUNDAY- NOVEMBER 12th, 2023

10am- 12pm HST/ 12pm- 2pm PST/ 3pm-5pm EST*

JOIN SASHA FOR AN IN-DEPTH SEAWEED COLOR STUDY

In this 2 hour session, we’ll deepen our connection to seaweed shades, and regenerative design for holistic hues and saltwater colors. Delving into textile history of seaweed and algae used as natural dyes, current exploration and innovation of seaweeds as a regenerative source for color, and a hands-on exploration demo of seaweed and algae as ingredients and inspiration for natural dyes- as well as seaweed’s overlaps in slow food, slow fashion, and slow textiles.

JOIN US HERE!

*Session will be both live and recorded- available for 3 months from workshop date - so you can learn and work at your own pace. Helpful resources + recipes will be shared upon completion of our workshop.

*Student and artisan need-based scholarships are available-please inquire here!

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Oct
2
to Oct 7

EXPLORING THE SEASONAL COLOR + TASTE PALETTES OF SICILY - FALL 2023- Slow Food meets Slow Textiles with Sasha Duerr + Anna Tasca Lanza Center for Sicilian Food Culture

JOIN US FOR AN EXCITING WEEK LONG WORKSHOP at ANNA TASCA LANZA in Sicily, Italy!

October 2nd - October 7th, 2023

EXPLORING THE SEASONAL COLOR + TASTE PALETTES OF SICILY-

Slow Food Meets Slow Textiles with Sasha Duerr + Anna Tasca Lanza Center for Sicilian Food Culture

Plant-based palettes can naturally inspire us to see the awe in time and place. Join us for this workshop to explore the biodiversity of natural dyes and colors made from the seasonal ingredients of Sicily. In our in-depth workshop, we will create unique holistic hues and experiences from bi-products of edible, floral, and medicinal plants at Anna Tasca Lanza- with plant-based color stories to inspire and connect us. We will learn to “cook with color” and create natural dyes from scratch from the unique Sicilian early autumn dye palette. We’ll experiment with zero-waste and regenerative design processes- encouraging an inquiry of seeing and being with the depth of beauty found in the potential of local and seasonal weeds, food, and floral waste. Just like with slow food, these natural palettes follow the seasons and be an inspiring celebration of locality and time of year. At Anna Tasca Lanza, we will also collaborate with the talented chefs, gardeners and textile artisans who reside onsite and in the region, helping to inspire us to see the beauty and biodiversity in the very same ingredients. At the end of our course, we will create and share a delicious “Dinner to Dye For”- fully engaging our senses while celebrating our seasonal exploration of the color and taste palettes of Sicily.

MORE INFO + JOIN US HERE

* Find More Info on Our SUMMER 2024 Anna Tasca Lanza Workshop HERE!












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Sep
24
9:00 AM09:00

FALL COLOR STUDY-Creating Holistic Hues with Seasonal Weeds, Food + Floral Waste

FALL COLOR STUDY -ONLINE WORKSHOP- Creating Holistic Hues with Seasonal Weeds, Food + Floral Waste

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24th, 2023

9am-12pm HST/ 12pm - 3pm PST/ 3pm- 6pm EST

Join Sasha in this 3 hour Online FALL COLOR STUDY WORKSHOP WITH WEEDS, FOOD + FLORAL WASTE. We’ll create nuanced and unique natural palettes with foraged and gathered autumnal ingredients, from leftovers of a favorite fall meal, a seasonal bouquet, and even the weeds from your own backyard. We’ll engage the nuances and uniqueness of seasonal plant-based palettes, and learn the skills to “cook with color” creating seasonal and local natural dye recipes from scratch.

Exploring the practical and poetic aspects of plant-based colors, we’ll delve into the beauty of “slowness” and seasonality- and quite literally the overlaps between slow food and slow textiles. The depth and possibility of a discarded peel, pit, or pruning can also renew the awe of everyday, connecting us to the potential of holistic hues

Our class will be live and recorded so that you can work at your own pace and join us from multiple time zones. A list of helpful materials will be included, as well as plant-dye recipes, and additional natural color resources sent to participants following our workshop.

JOIN US HERE!

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Aug
30
to Sep 27

LIVING COLOR- NATURAL PALETTES ONLINE FALL SESSION

LIVING COLOR- NATURAL PALETTES ONLINE FALL SESSION- 5 Week Course

WEDNESDAYS- August 30th through September 27th, 2023*

12pm- 2pm PST/ 3pm- 5pm EST/ 9am-11am HST

*All sessions are live and will be recorded so that participants can access the lessons from various schedules and time zones.

“Colors with particular landscapes, the restorative qualities of medicinal plants, common garden flora, lifestyle experiences, food and floral waste, and the ecological benefits of using organic materials to create colors. You may never view color—or your plants—the same way again.” NATURAL PALETTES (Princeton Architectural Press 2020)

In this 5 Week Online Fall Session, we’ll delve into the concepts of the deeply participatory and inspiring ways that plant-based color can instill wonder and connectedness in our everyday. With Sasha’s book NATURAL PALETTES as our guide for hands-on demos and plant-based recipes, we’ll explore natural color theory, and the immersive properties that holistic hues can connect us to, as well as take a deeper dive into regenerative design, color ecology, dye gardening, seed saving, and savoring the seasonal color palettes of fall.

All sessions will include visual slide shows + lectures, themed plant-dye recipes and process demos, as well as q+a discussions, helpful resources, and further inspiration to nurture a lifetime of learning and awe.

Each live course session will also be recorded so you can learn and work at your own pace.

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Week 1 Living Color- Natural Palettes: an Introduction to Plant-based Color and Inspiration for Engaged Practices with Natural Dyes

Week 2 Compost Colors- Weeds, Waste and Wonder: Creating Natural Dyes from Food, Floral, and Foraged Ingredients

Week 3 Color Therapy- Holistic Hues for Autumn and the Senses

Week 4 Landscape Alchemy- Color + Care for Our Ecologies through Regenerative Practices + Participation

Week 5 Cultivating Color- Harvesting Hues from the Summer Dye Garden, Seed Saving, Sharing, + Savoring the Seasonal Color Palettes of Fall

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5 Sessions - Course Fee $395.00 all sessions are live and will be recorded, a list of helpful materials will be included, as well as plant-dye recipes and additional natural color resources each week.

Register HERE

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Aug
6
9:00 AM09:00

SUMMER COLOR BOUQUET- ONLINE WORKSHOP

ONLINE SUNDAY- AUGUST 6th , 2023*

9am- 11am HST/ 12pm- 2pm PST/ 3pm- 5pm EST

*All sessions are live and will be recorded so that participants can access the lessons from various schedules and time zones and learn at their own pace in the process. Helpful and inspiring resources and natural dye recipes will be sent to all participants following our live session.

Join us online as we create a beautiful natural dye palette with leftover ingredients from the compost of a favorite seasonal summer bouquet! Foraging hues and natural dye techniques from a single floral arrangement, this two hour workshop will encourage and support the abundance possible through everyday sources, conceptual inspiration for curating natural color combinations, and practical routes to creating place-based and zero waste natural palettes.

WORKSHOP CLOSED

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Jun
21
to Jul 19

LIVING COLOR- NATURAL PALETTES ONLINE SUMMER SESSION

LIVING COLOR- NATURAL PALETTES ONLINE SUMMER SESSION

WEDNESDAYS- June 21st through July 19th, 2023*

12pm- 2pm PST/ 3pm- 5pm EST/ 9am-12pm HST

*All sessions are live and will be recorded so that participants can access the lessons from various schedules and time zones.

“Colors with particular landscapes, the restorative qualities of medicinal plants, common garden flora, lifestyle experiences, food and floral waste, and the ecological benefits of using organic materials to create colors. You may never view color—or your plants—the same way again.” NATURAL PALETTES (Princeton Architectural Press 2020)

In this 5 Week Online Summer Session, we’ll explore the concepts of the deeply participatory and inspiring ways that plant-based color can instill awe into the everyday. With Sasha’s book NATURAL PALETTES as our guide for hands-on demos and plant-based recipes, we’ll explore natural color theory, and the immersive properties that holistic hues can instill, as well as take a deeper dive into regenerative design, color ecology, dye gardening, seed saving, and savoring the seasonal color palettes of summer.

All sessions will include visual slide shows + lectures, themed plant-dye recipes and process demos, as well as q+a discussions, helpful resources, and further inspiration to nurture a lifetime of learning and awe.

Each live course session will also be recorded so you can learn and work at your own pace.

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Week 1 Living Color- Natural Palettes: an Introduction to Plant-based Color and Inspiration for Engaged Practices with Natural Dyes

Week 2 Compost Colors- Weeds, Waste and Wonder: Creating Natural Dyes from Food, Floral, and Foraged Ingredients

Week 3 Color Therapy- Holistic Hues for Summer and the Senses

Week 4 Landscape Alchemy- Color + Care for Our Ecologies through Regenerative Practices + Participation

Week 5 Cultivating Color- Harvesting Hues from the Summer Dye Garden, Seed Saving, Sharing, + Savoring the Seasonal Color Palettes of Summer

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5 Sessions - Course Fee $395.00 all sessions are live and will be recorded, a list of helpful materials will be included, as well as plant-dye recipes each week.

Register HERE

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Apr
17
9:00 AM09:00

BOTANICAL BEAUTY, BIODIVERSITY AND BY-PRODUCTS OF THE BIG ISLAND- A week-long workshop with BOTANICAL COLORS

SAVE THE DATE- April 17-21, 2023!

We’ll be opening this class for registration on Thursday, January 12, 2023 at 10am HST/12pm Pacific/3pm Eastern time.

Well known worldwide for her plant-based palettes, natural dyes and place-based recipes, Sasha will take us on a color tour in her hometown on the Big Island in Hawai’i. Botanical Colors President Kathy Hattori and Communications Director Amy DuFault will be your partners over the course of a wondrous week of exploring natural dyes through by-products and biodiversity on the Big Island. Working from Sasha’s new workshop space and dye studio in Volcano Village, we’ll create holistic hues and natural palettes from local food and floral waste, and delve into the slowness of edible, floral and medicinal plants.

We’ll learn to “cook with color”, and coax unique plant-based hues to create natural dyes from scratch . We’ll also experiment with zero-waste and regenerative design processes, encouraging an inquiry of seeing and being with the depth of beauty found in the potential of local and seasonal Big Island weeds, food, and floral waste.

During the week, we will collaborate with talented local farmers, ecologists, and textile artisans helping to inspire us to see the importance of beauty, biodiversity, and botanical creativity through plant-based palettes. We will learn to work with regenerative, natural dye practices, surface design techniques, and ways of gathering through color and community arts.  At the end of our week-long workshop, we’ll share a day of floral crafting, and inspired plant-based cooking and dyeing together- fully engaging our color senses and the abundant offerings of botanical colors and biodiversity on the Big Island.

Highlights For the Big Island x Botanical Colors Workshop:

-Foraging and visiting local farmers markets or farms to make natural color from bi-products of tropical fruit, floral and vegetable waste.
-Creating holistic hues through cooking, floral arranging, and medicinal aspects as the inspiration and origin of our plant-based palettes.
-Hiking and foraging, identifying and learning about dye plants in context of weeds, waste and regenerative practices.
-Collecting saltwater and rainwater for explorations in natural color processes.
-Creating a unique and holistic plant-made palette from start to finish.
-Working with whole ecological systems; learning the different techniques of natural dyeing and working with a biodiversity of ingredients, fibers, and techniques.
-Delving into slow processes, working in collaboration with plants and people, communities and ecologies.
-Learning to document the process with beautiful images, sketches and color-based note taking.
-All the tools and materials needed to create our range of color palettes from weeds and waste, as well as larger samples to explore techniques in surface design and direct application of the dyes we make, as well as a larger finished textile created with Big Island botanicals.

MORE INFO AND JOIN US HERE!

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Mar
4
11:00 AM11:00

ONLINE- EXPLORING NATURAL DYEING

Exploring Natural Dyeing with Sasha Duerr + San Francisco School of Needlework and Design

Work with 3 seasonally foraged plant-dye color recipes to explore the stunning color palettes that can be created from your surroundings!

Location: This class is taught online via Zoom. Login information will be emailed to you a week prior to class.

Class length: 3 hours

Skill level: all levels

Class Description: In this 3 hour online workshop, students will work with three seasonally foraged plant-dye color recipes and focus on ingredients from wild and urban sources, to explore the stunning color palettes that can be created from local weeds, plant waste, backyard gardens, or even urban sidewalks.

Students will learn from artist and educator Sasha Duerr, as she orientates them toward exploring a seasonal color palette with natural dyes, as well as ways to modify and shift hues. Students will also learn about overlapping medicinal, edible, and ecological aspects of these color palettes, creating further context and depth into the plant-based hues created. Working with a variety of natural fibers, and with inspiring slides, images, and resources to expand the experience, Sasha will illuminate the process of gathering and working with natural dye ingredients, as well as helpful tools, techniques and recipes to continue to create and curate one’s own uniquely beautiful local and seasonal color palettes throughout the year.

*Students are responsible for gathering their own materials and equipment. Instructions and material list will be sent via email prior to the online workshop.

*Registered participants will also have access to recorded class video.

REGISTER HERE

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Feb
22
6:00 PM18:00

LAND ART Agency + Collective - 4 Part Artist Talk Series- NATURE PALETTES -EVOLVING WITH THE EARTH- February 22nd, 2023- Online 6pm GMT

Recrafting Creativity: Nature Palettes

'The sensitivities of the arts are now called upon to awaken & fortify our communication with the natural world, the seen and the unseen, the micro and the macro, to support our crafting of and emergence into a collaborative & creatively inspired future for our shared existence. Land Art Agency & Collective exists to support this transformation. This talks series intends to elaborate on these experiences and explore the work of artists who are amplifying the voices of the worlds around us and that beckon in evolved ways of seeing and remembering. A remembering of our own innate instincts, of creative imagination, gifted by the vast landscapes around and within us.’

Elizabeth Gleave, Land Art Co-found & talk host

1. Nature Palettes | Evolving with the Earth

February 22nd // 6pm GMT

Sasha Duerr & Rosanna Morris & Elin Manon

2. Active Earth | Micro to Macro ?

April 26th // 6pm GMT

Hannah Fletcher & Pamela Ea & Fatama Binta?

3. Land, Sea & Sky | Co-operative Creating

June 28th // 6pm GMT

Charlotte Smithson & Melanie King & Lynda Laird ?

4. Material Worlds | Sensory Recrafting?

August 9th // 6pm GMT

Yasuna Iman & Alice Fox & Marta Alexandra Abbott

Join us for the first in our 4 part series as we explore the work, methods and experiences of artists engaged in elevating our connections to and experiences of the living Earth. Alongside the discussion of practical methods, techniques and skills that each artist pioneers, we will be discovering how their practice explores the meaning of 'sustainable / green / eco' thinking and where they themselves see their relationship within landscapes and materials. We will discuss their means of engaging with the complex issues and simple truths of the world today. With curiosity we will adventure through ideas, crafts and inspired futures that beckon with a sprinkle of creative imagination.

This talks series is intended to inspire, inform and awake the imagination, inviting creative intuition and propositions for working in harmony with the worlds around us. They will offer you tools and insights for your own practice and methods of exploration. From the practical to the profound this series is an open invitation to anyone and everyone looking for a little creative magic!

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All talks will be recorded and be made available to watch after the session date for a limited period.

Discounts are available upon request to hello@landartagency.com

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Nov
6
10:00 AM10:00

NATURAL PALETTES OF FALL COLOR IN WEST MARIN at FIBERSHED LEARNING CENTER

JUST LISTED!

Join Sasha onsite at the Fibershed Learning Center in Point Reyes Station for a day of exploring fall color and the natural palettes of seasonal color in Northern California. We will gather a variety of onsite ingredients, then make and use natural dye baths with those ingredients and others. Together we will create a local fall dye palette from a curated selection of gathered ingredients, including weeds and food and flora waste. Explore the nuances and beauty of color terroir, and create an array of take-home, naturally dyed textiles, saturated in the seasonal tones of West Marin.

Students should bring their own lunch, snacks, and beverages (water bottle/travel mug). Lunch is not provided.

Optional things to bring:

  • Jars to take home leftover dye

  • Apron and/or gloves if you want to protect your hands/clothes

  • Plastic bags to take home wet dye samples (we will also have some re-used bags available)

  • Small pieces of clean fabric — wool or silk (we will provide fabric, so this is extra)

  • Gardening gloves for the foraging portion of the class

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Sep
14
to Oct 19

COLOR SENSES- A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS WITH LAND ART COLLECTIVE

COLOR SENSES I CREATING HOLISTIC HUES WITH PLANT-BASED DYES

3 WORKSHOPS I 3 COLORS. Create a range of natural dyes from by-products of your favorite meal, farmer’s market, or even ingredients found in your very own backyard or urban sidewalk.

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Land Art Collective aims to restore the earth through the arts. Land Art Collective is a platform to showcase artists whose work is rooted in conservation and engage the wider community to take part in the climate conversation through residencies, events and workshops. Our aims are for this platform to continually evolve in order to allow us to make the conversation and practices around environmentalism accessible to all.

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Jun
27
to Jun 28

SUMMER SEASONAL COLOR WORKSHOPS WITH BOTANICAL COLORS - CAPE COD, MA - JUNE 27th + 28th, 2022

Cape Cod Farm Forage Workshop with Sasha Duerr, June 27 or June 28, 2022

Join Sasha Duerr, and Botanical Colors - Kathy Hattori, and Amy DuFault at Coonamessett Farm for a Cape Cod Farm Forage. These will be full-day natural dye workshops exploring the local seasonal color palettes of summer.

Two very special in-person, one day sessions will be offered to savor slow textiles and natural palettes on June 27th and 28th.  The workshop begins at 10AM and adjourns at 4PM.

Explore the art and design possibilities of making and applying hues from waste by-products of summer produce, as well as foraged flora and foliage. We’ll learn to create natural colors from scratch with seasonal ingredients together on site with locally grown ingredients, as well as weeds, windfall and waste from the Farm.

These day-long  workshops will cover the basics of cooking with color, foraging for seasonal and local dyes, and working onsite highlighting regenerative practices to create stunning plant-made palettes that will inspire all year long. 

Workshop Details: 

Workshop will include all plant dyeing materials, as well as a beautiful take home textile and a range of palettes we’ll create together. 

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Jun
5
10:00 AM10:00

NATURAL PALETTES OF SUMMER IN WEST MARIN WITH FIBERSHED LEARNING CENTER- POINT REYES, CALIFORNIA

Natural Palettes of Summer Color in West Marin with Sasha Duerr

June 5 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

$150

Join Sasha Duerr onsite at the Fibershed Learning Center in Point Reyes Station for a day of exploring summer color and the natural palettes of seasonal color in Northern California. We will gather a variety of onsite ingredients, then make and use natural dye baths with those ingredients and others. Together we will create a local summer dye palette from a curated selection of gathered ingredients, including weeds and food and flora waste. Explore the nuances and beauty of color terroir, and create an array of take-home, naturally dyed textiles, saturated in the seasonal tones of West Marin.

Students should bring their own lunch, snacks, and beverages (water bottle/travel mug). Lunch is not provided. There will also be time outdoors gathering plant materials, so be sure to wear appropriate footwear and clothing.

Materials provided. Optional: students may bring a few small items to dye (must already be scoured and of natural fibers).

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Jan
27
to Feb 17

NATURAL COLOR & CREATIVITY - 4 WEEK ONLINE COURSE

NATURAL COLOR & CREATIVITY

Co-taught by Sasha Duerr and Suzanne L’Heureux, this course combines experimentations with natural color and plant based palettes with guided personal reflection and creative inquiry to encourage new ways of seeing and engaging with the world.

Activities throughout the course are designed to support students in exploring their vision and voice through natural color instruction and experimentation; writing and reflection exercises on weekly themes; and meaningful interaction with the teachers and class cohort. Students will receive recipes, inspirational resources, and related coursework to enrich personal and creative growth.

Natural dyeing is a holistic endeavor that invites us to slow down, connect with the living world, be present and stay open. In this course, we’ll explore how to bring these lessons creatively and conceptually into our lives and personal practices, embracing impermanence, inviting discovery and opening ourselves to possibility. 

The class will meet over 4 weekly sessions on Zoom. Each week will include natural color experimentation and instruction with Sasha with a Creative Coaching lens provided by Suzanne.

When:
Thursdays, from 10am-1pm PST
January 27th through February 17th

Price for this four-session workshop:
Sliding scale $450-$700

Please write to us if you’d like to be considered for a scholarship.
While we hope for full in person participation, sessions will be recorded.

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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 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, and the Huffington Post. Sasha is the author of THE HANDBOOK OF NATURAL PLANT DYES (Timber Press 2011) NATURAL COLOR (Watson-Guptill/Ten Speed Press 2016) and NATURAL PALETTES (Princeton Architectural Press 2020).

SUZANNE L’HEUREUX is a Life and Art Coach who works with clients on personal growth, health and wellness, and professional development goals. She has a niche working with artists on visioning and creative development. Suzanne took her coaching coursework through the Mindfulness Coaching School and has spent many years engaging in deep psycho-spiritual work rooted in Buddhism, somatic awareness, and personal inquiry. She has an MA in Art History and for nine years ran Interface Gallery, a non profit contemporary art space where she supported artists in expanding their practices and manifesting their vision for their work (2011-2020). She is based in Oakland, CA.

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Nov
13
9:30 AM09:30

Online Natural Dyeing Workshop with UH Manoa Lyon Arboretum

Join botanical dyer and artist, Sasha Duerr, for an online hands-on, natural dyeing workshop.

About this event

Working with natural color can be a way to forage for beautiful natural hues and connect with your local ecologies- even in your own backyard or urban neighborhood, considering what is abundant, in-season, accessible, and even invasive.

In this online workshop we'll work with gardenia fruit dye, focusing on ingredients and the stunning natural color palettes that can be created. We'll also learn about the overlapping aspects of medicinal and edible aspects of our natural dyes- creating further context and depth to the plant-based hues we create. 

Together we'll orientate ourselves toward the basics of using plant-made dyes and simple, yet stunning pattern design techniques, and get started with natural dye ingredients, tools and recipes to cook with plant-made, local and even seasonal color!

*Gardenia Fruit Dye + Project Kit can be purchased in advance

*Or students are responsible for gathering their own materials and equipment. Instructions and material list will be sent prior to the online workshop.

*Registered participants will also have access to recorded class video. 

SASHA DUERR is an artist and designer who works with plant-based palettes, natural dyes and place-based recipes. Having taught for over a decade at the California College of the Arts with a joint appointment in textiles and fine art, Sasha designs curriculum and teaches courses in the intersection of natural color, slow food, slow fashion and social practice. Her work has been shown in galleries and museums across the United States and abroad. In 2007, Sasha founded Permacouture Institute to encourage the exploration of regenerative design practices for fashion and textiles. Her extensive work with plant-based palettes has been featured in the New York Times, American Craft Magazine, Selvedge, and the Huffington Post. She 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).

The class is hosted by University of Hawaii at Manoa's Lyon Arboretum and co-sponsored by the Friends of Lyon Arboretum. 

Lyon Arboretum is a research arm of the University of Hawaiʻi and a public botanical garden. Located in upper Mānoa Valley, Lyon Arboretum has over seven miles of hiking trails and boasts more than 6,000 taxa of tropical and sub-tropical plants on nearly 200 acres. 

The Friends of Lyon Arboretum (FLA) is a nonprofit organization that supports Lyon Arboretum’s stewardship of Hawaii’s biodiversity and its conservation, education, and research activities. FLA engages our community and visitors by providing opportunities to enjoy and learn about this irreplaceable resource and to preserve it for future generations.  He kuleana ko mākou e mālama i kēia wahi no nā hanauna hou. 

Become a member of FLA and help to support the arboretum and receive 20% off of co-sponsored classes such as this. Donations are also welcome.

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Oct
24
10:00 AM10:00

FALL COLOR + NATURAL PALETTES WITH FIBERSHED LEARNING CENTER- WEST MARIN

Join Sasha for a day of exploring the natural palettes of seasonal color at the Fibershed Learning Center in Point Reyes Station

Join Sasha onsite at the Fibershed Learning Center in Point Reyes Station for a day of exploring fall color and the natural palettes of seasonal color in Northern California. We will gather a variety of onsite ingredients, then make and use natural dye baths with those ingredients and others. Together we will create a local fall dye palette from a curated selection of gathered ingredients, including weeds and food and flora waste. Explore the nuances and beauty of color terroir, and create an array of take-home, naturally dyed textiles, saturated in the seasonal tones of West Marin.

More info and to join us HERE.

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Oct
2
to Oct 3

PLANT TONES- Fall Harvest Online Workshop with Botanical Colors

PLANT TONES FALL HARVEST ONLINE WORKSHOP WITH BOTANICAL COLORS

Sasha Duerr returns to offer a Plant Tones Fall Harvest Workshop featuring fall colors and foraging.

PLANT TONES Fall Harvest Workshop with Sasha Duerr is a two-day online workshop. It will delve into the wonder and nature of living color “stories.” Sasha will guide students in a variety of ways to connect us both practically and poetically to plant-based color palettes. And she will use her latest book NATURAL PALETTESas inspiration.

This workshop will focus on conceptual aspects of working with plant-based hues. In addition, it will explore the basic steps of getting started with plants as ingredients for unique, personalized and vibrant color. Sasha will also highlight ways in which NATURAL PALETTES can widen our “color senses.” She shares examples of experimentation, fieldwork, plant-based research and identification, documentation, as well as regenerative tips for reuse, zero waste, and experiential meaningful practices in the process.

Besides teaching accessible step-by-step and practical ways to begin, Sasha will also share conceptual inspiration through slides and visuals. She has helpful tools, techniques and resources for creating  your own -or collective – deepened relationship with plant-based color and the awe-inspiring nuanced palettes they can create.

The workshop will culminate in sharing a wide array of  natural “color stories.” You can share your own uniquely foraged, gathered or grown plant-based palette. This palette will be created as a result of experimentation and exploration in our class with Sasha Duerr.

DETAILS

  • Class price is for one participant and one kit will be sent with registration.

  • The class will be held as a Zoom meeting with a dedicated TA to manage the chat, questions and any follow up.

  • Pre-work requirement: we will be sending you wool fabric, mordant, and auxiliaries and two natural dyes for your experiments. Sasha will instruct you to pre-mordant your fabrics to be ready for class. You will receive enough fabric to create approximately 48-60 samples. Our class will dye 16 of these samples together, freeing you to experiment on your own time. You will also forage for seasonal and local plants, bark, cones or other materials to create palettes of your own. A full materials list will be sent to you shortly after registration.

  • This class uses wool fabrics to create our palettes. Sasha says that you can supply your own other natural fabrics such as silk, cotton, hemp, linen and will provide information on how to prepare the fibers for the class.

  • Class dates: October 2 and 3, 2021 (Saturday and Sunday). Class times are 11-2:30 Pacific (2-5:30 Eastern) and 9-11:30 Hawaii

  • Installment payments are available. Please contact sienna.botanicalcolors@gmail.com for information.

  • International students are welcome and we request you register by September 15 so we may ship your materials to you in time for class.


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Sep
25
10:00 AM10:00

ONLINE TALK + DEMO IN COLLABORATION WITH UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I at MANOA LYON ARBORETUM AND The FRIENDS OF LYON ARBORETUM  

NATURAL COLOR- Watson-Guptill 2O16. Image @Aya Brackett

NATURAL COLOR- Watson-Guptill 2O16. Image @Aya Brackett

Learn about natural dyeing using plants found in Hawai‘i from guest artist/designer/educator Sasha Duerr.

About this event

Join botanical dyer, artist, author and educator - Sasha Duerr- to discover a world of beautiful palettes from vibrant plant-based and ingredients from seasonal sources, bi-products of tropical food and floral waste, as well as native plants and common weeds found throughout Hawai'i. Through both an online lecture and live natural color demo, learn more about the abundance of biodiversity for plant-based color and the awe-inspiring hues that can emerge in the process. 

SASHA DUERR is a Big Island and Bay Area based 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 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. 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).

The class is hosted by University of Hawaii at Manoa's Lyon Arboretum and co-sponsored by the Friends of Lyon Arboretum. The class will be recorded and be made available to those who have registered for the event.

Lyon Arboretum is a research arm of the University of Hawaiʻi and a public botanical garden. Located in upper Mānoa Valley, Lyon Arboretum has over seven miles of hiking trails and boasts more than 6,000 taxa of tropical and sub-tropical plants on nearly 200 acres. 

The Friends of Lyon Arboretum (FLA) is a nonprofit organization that supports Lyon Arboretum’s stewardship of Hawaii’s biodiversity and its conservation, education, and research activities. FLA engages our community and visitors by providing opportunities to enjoy and learn about this irreplaceable resource and to preserve it for future generations.  He kuleana ko mākou e mālama i kēia wahi no nā hanauna hou. 

Become a member of FLA and help to support the arboretum and receive 20% off of co-sponsored classes such as this. Donations are also welcome.

Above photos, from top to bottom:

Different natural fabrics dyed with coconut husks in a range of colors, a dye bath with lilikoi leaves, fabrics dyed with mangosteen peels, Natural Palettes book, and a range of natural textile types and colors.

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Sat, September 25, 2021

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM HST

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Organizer of Hawai‘i Natural Dyeing with Sasha Duerr

Since its founding in 1975 Friends of Lyon Arboretum (“FLA”) has been managed by a volunteer Board of Directors whose mission is to raise funds in support of programs at Lyon Arboretum and to promote community awareness of the only easily accessible tropical rain forest on the island of O‘ahu.



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Aug
26
9:00 AM09:00

HERBAL HUES WITH THE HERB SOCIETY OF AMERICA

August Webinar 

Herbal Hues - Natural Palettes + Inspiration from Plant-based Color 

with Sasha Duerr

August 26th, 3 pm Eastern

Herbal hues imbue beautiful, meaningful, natural palettes from a wide array of biodiverse, medicinal and edible ingredients. These plant-based colors stir the senses and instill deepened awe and wonder through the very process and palettes they create- color therapy in the truest sense of the words.

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Jun
17
5:00 PM17:00

PLANT DYES- FORAGING FOR HOME + FASHION Online Workshop with Plant Connection SF

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Working with natural color can be a way to forage for beautiful natural hues and connect with your local ecologies- even in your own backyard or urban neighborhood, considering what is abundant, in-season, accessible, and even invasive.

In this two- hour online workshop we'll work with three locally and seasonally available foraged plant-dye color recipes for the San Francisco Bay Area focusing on ingredients from wild and urban sources and the stunning color palettes that can be created from local weeds, plant waste, your backyard garden or even urban sidewalk. We'll also learn about the overlapping aspects of medicinal and edible aspects of our foraged color palettes- creating further context and depth to the plant-based hues we create.

Together we'll orientate toward the basics of foraging for fashion, reviving your home and wardrobe with plant-made palettes and simple, yet stunning pattern design techniques, and get started with natural dye ingredients, tools and recipes to cook with local and seasonal color.

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More Info at Plant Connection SF

ONLINE WORKSHOP Thursday June 17th- 5-7PM PST

$60.00

*Participants will gather all supplies + materials. YOU MUST REGISTER BY JUNE 15 to receive the material list.

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Jun
12
1:00 PM13:00

Natural Palettes Talk + Demo- Co-hosted by American Horticultural Society + Audubon Society of Northern Virginia

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Co-hosted by American Horticultural Society and Audubon Society of Northern Virginia

SATURDAY JUNE 12th, 2021- 1PM-2:30 PM EST

Native plants are adapted to the local climate and soil conditions where they naturally occur. In addition to supporting pollinators and other wildlife, native plants are inherently sustainable because they require less watering and fertilization than most non-natives. Native plants also produce a stunning array of natural color in naturally dyed clothing, textiles and fibers.

Inspired by the abundance of a wide range of early summer color in nature, natural dye artist and textile designer, Sasha will share the process for making gorgeous plant-dyed palettes harvested from native plants in backyard gardens, foraged from local trees and shrubs, and even derived from invasive plants. Sharing resources on how to make vibrant, natural dye recipes from scratch - and how to create an abundant range of gorgeous hues..

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Apr
24
11:00 AM11:00

NATURAL PALETTES: INSPIRATION FROM PLANT-BASED COLOR Book Talk + Demo with FIBERSHED LEARNING CENTER

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NATURAL PALETTES: INSPIRATION FROM PLANT-BASED COLOR

Book Talk + Demo with Sasha Duerr

From the natural color ingredients that can be found in weeds, prunings and cover crops, to the vast potential of food and floral waste, plant-based "color stories" to both poetically and practically engage us in immersive and holistic practices.

Through examples of participation, Sasha will share inspiration from her new book NATURAL PALETTES: INSPIRATION FROM PLANT-BASED COLOR (Princeton Architectural Press 2O2O) and demos highlighting the important role plant-based colors can hold in widening our "color senses," supporting biodiversity, while also offering an abundance of opportunity for creativity and collaboration in the process.

Students will be invited to submit questions during this 1.25-hour presentation. An edited video of the webinar will be made available to webinar registrants within approximately one week of the event.

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This webinar will be streaming live via Zoom from Sasha's studio, in collaboration with the Fibershed Learning Center, a multi-use space to demonstrate and provide hands-on connections to natural fiber and dye systems. The Learning Center will open in 2021 in Point Reyes Station, California, on the traditional and ancestral territory of the Coast Miwok and within the historic Black Mountain Ranch property.

Proceeds from each event support the class instructor and contribute to Fibershed for educational programming. A portion of the proceeds from each virtual event will also be shared with a local and mission-aligned non-profit organization, selected by the instructor. The recipient of a donation from Sasha’s class is Urban Tilth (urbantilth.org).

Currently scheduled online events are listed on our Learning Center page at fibershed.org/learningcenter

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Apr 24, 2021 11:00 AM in Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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