A commitment to sustainability and an enchantment with the colors coaxed from plants has brought the Kata Golda color palette to life. While I have used plant-dyed fabric for years, I recently began dyeing my own, and I am obsessed. In the summer of 2024, I grew my first successful dye garden. Each summer morning begins with collecting flowers. I bring the harvest to my dye studio where I lay the day’s collection out to dry, and I start my dye pots for the day. This routine unfolds into a journey of unknown color mixing, over-dyeing, and careful observation. Sometimes the result is a vibrant color surprise, often the outcome is a shade of yellow, and every single time I learn something new. I get lost in sorting my rainbow, making sure each piece is tagged with it’s unique ‘recipe’ and scheming about ways to use up the fabric bounty. My dye studio shelves are now filled with homegrown dried flowers, roots, and leaves from my garden along with other natural ingredients from Botanical Colors. I have been creating small batch and one-of-a-kind pieces with this precious fabric and I utilize every scrap and remnant.

 In addition to my homegrown plant-dyed fabrics, I work with organic cotton, hemp, wool, and silk fabrics dyed by Botanical Colors in Seattle. These fabrics are transformed with madder, cutch, fustic, marigold, pomegranate, iron, indigo, wattle, lac and chestnut in a way that is mindful of water use, is non-toxic and biodegradable, and draws its incomparable color palette from humble plants and natural sources. The outcome is a beautifully nuanced collection of ethically produced textiles.  Each batch of dyed fabric is unique, adding character and variation to each piece.