Textile creation for “Common Threads” project in honor of St. Brigid
I am the Irish Consulate of San Francisco’s chosen artist to participate in a global project: “Common Threads” in celebration of St. Brigid’s Day 2023. See the gallery showcasing each piece and the artist who created it. As an Irish-American using materials endemic to this place where I live, I am contributing a small part of a larger cloak or “brat” to be assembled from pieces coming from all over the world and to be exhibited in Dublin in February […]
Coreopsis Dreams: Cultivating Colors
In 2021, my forays into using plants as dye stuff really blossomed! 2021 saw the introduction of a dedicated space at Alemany Farm for growing ancient dye plants. In addition to my role as a longtime farm volunteer, since 2017 my fiber art practice has included using foraged plants from the farm and hillside to dye fiber for color experimentation and to use in my weavings. Building a close relationship to—and investigation of—place is very important to me as a […]
Foraging for Color
I began experimenting with using foraged plants and flowers and food scraps in my own kitchen as natural dye materials in 2017. For regular updates on this, head over to my IG feed: @sfurbanwanderer. For a fiber and textile fanatic who loves color, this was probably an inevitable exploration. I am the kind of person who takes photos like this at museums (from the Vasa Museet in Stockholm) and reads books like this for fun. As I began to learn […]