Learning to read the change in natural color is an exercise in variation. Many of us come to natural color with a mindset that has been trained by the uniformity of synthetic dyes, and so… Variation as Knowledge: Learning to Read Natural Color

There are a lot of steps in the natural dye process that take a long time: days or weeks or months of soaking, resting, fermenting, or overdyeing. Often, these steps cannot be hurried or skipped… Time as a Teacher in Natural Dye Education

Confidence in natural dyes develops as a result of process. So often we see students questioning whether the change in colour is a mistake or just the material acting normally. This is because the process… Confidence in natural dyes develops as a result of process.

Learning to natural dye is not just an accumulation of techniques, but a pedagogy of perception, one that shifts in relationship to the materials with which it is working. Standardized industrial dyes may produce exactly… The Philosophy of Natural Dyeing: Learning Through Material Awareness