SALT | WEFT

(coming summer 2017) dyed near casco bay | woven near the gowanus canal

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Tonight I presented Sat Weft at my school’s Faculty and Staff Art Show! My coworkers are some very talented people!!! 💚🐴 (at Brooklyn Heights Montessori School)

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Merino wool in 8 color ways are now ready to become warp and weft. Swipe for more➡️➡️➡️ * * * #naturaldye #yarn #merino #wool #warp #weft #weaving #diy #craft #order #earthtones #foragedye #warpandweft #dye #yarnporn #textiles #fiberarts (at Brooklyn, New York)

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Merino wool in 8 color ways are now ready to become warp and weft. Swipe for more➡️➡️➡️ * * * #naturaldye #yarn #merino #wool #warp #weft #weaving #diy #craft #order #earthtones #foragedye #warpandweft #dye #yarnporn #textiles #fiberarts (at Brooklyn, New York)

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Today I'm making center-pull balls to get this yarn on the loom ASAP! * * * #yarn #merino #wool #naturaldye #foragedye #textiles #textile #textilearts #diy #dye #yarnporn #craft #crafts #crafting #fiber #fiberarts #fiberart (at Brooklyn, New York)

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15 pounds of yarn dyed with plants from around Cliff Island! What an exciting 2 weeks. Now it's time to weave. Stay tuned! * * #foragedye #forage #dye #naturaldye #biodye #slowcraft #slow #craft #color #mint #rosehips #blackberries #blueberries #queenanneslace #birch #redcabbage #goldenrod #textilearts #textile #slowtextile #fiber #arts #fiberarts #yarn #cotton #rugyarn #rugwool #rug #merino #wool #yellow #blue #steel #gray #grey #beige #silver #chartreuse #mustard #menwhodye #island #cliffisland #artisan #nature #foraging #forager (at Cliff Island, Maine)

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Final results! 15 pounds of yarn dyed with mint, blackberry leaves, rose hips, Queen Anne's lace, blueberries, goldenrod, birch bark, and red cabbage. All of the dye materials were foraged or cultivated on the island! On to weaving it all! * * * #naturaldye #naturaldyeing #slow #craft #doityourself #diy #natural #organic #dye #organicdye #ecodye #eco #green #textilearts #textiles #textile #fiberarts #fiber #art #yarn #wool #fiber #sheep #cotton #merino #rugyarn #menwhodye #mint #rosehips #queenanneslace #blueberries #goldenrod #birch #bark #redcabbage #blackberries

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Washing, cleaning, drying today. It's been a great two weeks of dyeing, I've learned a lot about island dyestuffs and I have a list of other things to try in the dye baths next summer. Back to Brooklyn to start weaving soon. (at Cliff Island, Maine)

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A hasty morning rebuild as we race the tides to finish the birch bark dye bath! * * * #rebuild #fire #campfire #cascobay #hightide #manvnature (at Cliff Island, Maine)

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Oh no!!! I have another dye bath planned tomorrow and the extra-high tide and the storm are threatening the dye stove! * * * #manvnature #hightide #storm #waves #campfire #fire

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No yarn in the dyebaths today, instead we boiled lobsters! #senatorxavier showing that he is a very good boy! * * * #maine #lobster #boil #fire #campfire #hightide (at Cliff Island, Maine)

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Good morning, goldenrod dye! Underneath and left: 1 square yard of canvas and 1 hank rug yarn, dyed 1:1 by weight. Middle and right: 1 hank cotton and 2 hanks merino, dyed 2:1 by weight. * * * * #foragedye #naturaldyeing #textilearts #textile #yarn #cotton #merino #wool #canvas #forage #goldenrod #dye #dyeing #natural #naturaldye #ecodyeing #saltwater (at Cliff Island, Maine)

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Trying my hardest against the wind to make these goldenrod and red cabbage pots boil! 💨🔥 * * * #red #cabbage #goldenrod #redcabbage #dye #dyebath #naturaldyeing #naturaldye #ecodye #biodye #forage #foragedye #foragedyeing #textile #textilearts #fiberart #fiber #fiberartist #campfire #fire #wind (at Cliff Island, Maine)

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#mcm goes to my foraging partner and fire builder, @wednesdave * * *#firebuilder #forager #foragedye #foragedyeing #textilearts #island #rocks #beach #cascobay #👬 (at Cliff Island, Maine)

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Today's drying line, right to left: one hank merino dyed with Queen Anne's Lace, five hanks merino and one hank cotton (the darker hank) dyed with blueberries. * * * * #dye #dyeing #natural #naturaldye #naturaldyeing #ecodyeing #biodyeing #forage #foraging #forager #foragedye #foragedyeing #textile #textilearts #fiberarts #yarn #wool #merino #cotton #blieberry #blueberries #queen #annes #lace #queenanneslace

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After-forage rest on the Louise and Reamer bench. Goldenrod is plentiful, but so we're the pollinators. * * * #forage #dye #foragedye #naturaldye #naturaldyeing #bench #textilearts #basket #goldenrod #yellow #plants #pollinator (at Cliff Island, Maine)

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Results from dyebath day 1. Left to right: 2 hanks merino dyed with blackberry leaves, 1 hank merino dyed with mint, 1 (large) hank cotton dyed with blackberry leaves, 2 hanks merino dyed with rose hips. * * #naturaldyeing #naturaldye #ecodyeing #ecodye #biodye #biodyeing #foragedye #foragedyeing #forage #forager #foraging #blackberry #mint #rosehips #wool #merino #lace #cotton #hank #yarn #skein #textiles #textile #textilearts #fiberarts #fiberartist #weaver #menwhodye #mustard #yellow (at Cliff Island, Maine)

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Foraged blueberries and Queen Anne's lace dye baths! * * * #textilearts #textile #fiber #fiberarts #dye #naturaldye #ecodye #biodye #dyeing #yarn #wool #merino #cotton #campfire #fire # (at Cliff Island, Maine)