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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 99: Revitalizing the American Textile Industry with Leigh Anne Hilbert of The Carolina Textile District
Leigh Anne Hilbert is the Network Coordinator for the Carolina Textile District, an enterprise of The Industrial Commons.Leigh also opened The Drygoods Studios, a community driven mixed-use studio space in the heart of West Asheville, where she sells her canvas and leather bags and accessories.
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Episode 94: An Exploration of the Vanishing American Wool Industry with Clara Parkes
In our conversation, we talk about her most recent publication “Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool.” A tale of her year-long exploration traveling to farms and mills across America in order to transform a 676-pound bale of fleece into commercial yarn.
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Episode 93: Commercial Scale Local Wool Carding and Spinning with Mary Jeanne Packer of Battenkill Fibers
Mary Jeanne Packer is the owner of Battenkill Fibers in Greenwich, New York. Battenkill Fibers is the last standing wool fiber mill in New York offering commercial scale carding and spinning for fiber farms and manufactures of yarn and fiber products.
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Episode 92: Raising Navajo-Churro Heritage Breeds with Jessica Sanchez of Rusted Earth Farm
Jessica is a farmer and weaver located in Western North Carolina. At Rusted Earth Farm their goal is to produce and design sustainable, handcrafted textiles from the soil up.
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Episode 90: Exploring From Farm to Fabric with Nica Rabinowitz of Fiberhouse Collective
Fiberhouse is a collective that partners with farmers, artists, designers, fiber folks, and scientists to explore from farm to fabric and then back to farm.
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Episode 89: Weaving And Foraging For Natural Dye in Detroit with Kayla Powers
Kayla Powers is the creator of Salt Textile Studios. Kayla crafts one-of-a-kind, handwoven textiles for home and lifestyle with the belief that goods can be both beautiful and ethical. Her textiles are woven with local fiber, dyed with natural materials and are made to last. Kayla works on the East side of Detroit, Michigan and draws inspiration from the people and the history of the city.
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Episode 80: Fiber Farming and Forestry with Casey Newman of Cedar Dell Forrest Farm
Casey Newman is an environmental educator, natural dye cultivator and co-owner and operator of Cedar Dell Forrest Farm. A forest farm that aims to maintain the health and integrity of the natural ecosystem while sustainably raising animals and growing food on the non-forested portion of the property.
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Episode 70: SLO Fiber Studio with Stephanie L. Ondo
She is the founder of SLO Fiber Studio, a project named after her married initials S-L-O which can be read as "slow" - a hopeful word in a world that often moves too fast.
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Episode 66: Wool Fiber Farming with Tamara White of Wing & A Prayer Farm
Tamara is a sustainable wool fiber farmer, homesteader, and natural dye cultivator. She started out as a hobby farmer with her family but has recently transitioned to a production farm.
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Episode 60: Natural Dyeing in Budapest with Sara Hajgato
Sara is a Hungarian natural dyer and small scale grower based in Budapest, Hungary. Over the past year she has been collaborating with a rural eco-community to grow dye plants and run small-scale experiments, in which she re-purposes vintage garments with natural dyes.
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