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149: Weaving Wisdom with the Black Sheep Fiber Circle
In this week's episode, LaChaun speaks with Jamila Norman a.k.a (Farmer J), Lauren Soleil, and Keisha Cameron of the Black Sheep Fiber Circle, a maker-style sista' circle and fiber arts gathering dedicated to BIPOC land stewards and agrarian artists who love to create, enjoy, and explore the legacy of African and Indigenous-American textiles.
Episode 147: It's Not About Perfection But Expression with adé Oh
In this weeks episode LaChaun speaks with adé Oh (they/themme/àjé) an afrosurrealist, animist, and multimedia healing artist. At Gist, we are lucky to support them as one of our artists in residence of 2022 and as a guest on the podcast this week.
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Episode 145: Weaving Skies with Kesiena Onosigho
In this week's episode, LaChaun speaks with one of our artists in residence Kesiena Onosigho. Kesiena's thought-provoking mixed-media collages and installations are informed by her lived experiences, curiosity, and the historic influence on arts & crafts from people within the African Diaspora.
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Episode 139: Rhythm and Texture with Multimedia Artist and Musician Lea Thomas
On this week's episode, LaChaun speaks with Lea Thomas. Born in Hawaii and based in Brooklyn, Lea Thomas is a multimedia artist with a focus on music and weaving.
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Episode 136: Heirloom Naturally Colored Cotton in Shades of Pink with Maud Lerayer of Behind The Hill
Maud is the founder of Behind The Hill, a textile company based in Brooklyn, New York. Behind The Hill creates unique and contemporary pieces for home decor using a variety of heirloom cotton which grows wild in shades of pink, terra-cotta, green, beige, and white in Mexico and Guatemala.
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Episode 133: Regenerative Storytelling with Amy DuFault
Amy is a sustainable textile industry writer. She works as the sustainability and communications Director for Botanical Colors as well as the Communications Lead for TS Designs and co-runs the Southeastern New England Fibershed.
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Episode 122: Indigo Growing and Natural Dyeing in Central Baltimore With Kenya Miles
Kenya is a textile artist, farmer, and the alchemist behind the Traveling Miles Studio.
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Episode 121: Natural Fibers Sculpture and Gendered Iconography With Sydni Gause
ydni Gause, an interdisciplinary artist and Adjunct Professor in Sculpture at Alfred University.Sydni works with an array of materials that she uses in her sculpture, installation, and fiber-based practice.She uses her work as a means to respond to issues between power structures and gender inequality.
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Episode 111: Sustainable Handspun Eri Silk Fibers with Muezart of Meghalaya India
Muezart is a small business in Northeast India that focuses on making and selling handspun, naturally dyed Eri Silk to weavers, knitters, crocheters, and other fiber artists.
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Episode 103: Researching Natural Dyes For The Next Generation of Fashion Professionals with Kelsie Doty
Kelsie’s work aims to teach the next generation of fashion professionals about design and sustainability through scientific research and experimentation of natural dyes for the commercial market.
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Episode 96: Quilting and Natural Dye Cultivating in Oakland with Kristin Arzt of Scrambles Quilts
Kristin is a quilter, natural dye grower and artist instructor residing in Oakland, California. She fuses yoga and wellness with her fiber practice and I'm excited to have her on the podcast this week to talk about her experience working in the beautiful natural fiber hub, Northern California.
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Episode 91: Ochre Earth Pigments with Heidi Gustafson of Early Futures
Heidi is an archivist and practitioner of earth pigments that she extracts from landscapes, mostly in the Western United States. Her pigments can be used for an array of making mediums, such as an art practice or medicinal properties.
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