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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Date and time
Sat, September 25, 2021
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM HST
Location
Online event
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Organizer Friends Of Lyon Arboretum
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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