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News & Notes
We're back from vacation with new insights into the natural dyes of North Africa, new products (bracelets, pre-sewn quilt blocks!) and new events (gallery shows, a studio tour) coming soon!
Welcome
Welcome to Around the World in 80 Dyes, a fun, non-scientific non-academic exploration of natural dye for fabric and fibers.
Bright pinks, soft corals, deep browns and vibrant yellows can all be created by sustainably using what's in the kitchen, the garden, the forest, the roadside. Follow along to learn how.
About Us and Natural Dye
Who?
What?
What?
Janet Day, the owner and artist behind Around the World in 80 Dyes. I am a career journalist, life-long quilter and textile artist, daughter of painters, curious kid from the hippie era with a fascination for color and its creation. Maryland native and hardened New Yorker softened by following my soul to the Rocky Mountain West.
What?
What?
What?
Let me take you on an adventure through creating color from natural dye sources, including how someone figured out that peeing in an indigo vat added ammonia needed to turn textiles blue. As I experiment and travel, I'll record it all on the blog and newsletter.
Why?
What?
Why?
After years of smashing flowers into textiles and staining my fingernails in pots of dye, it's time to share my discoveries and disasters more widely with a fun, non-scientific adventure in natural dye around the world.
EVENTS, EXHIBITS, SHOWS
UPCOMING
'Original' Experimental Art Gallery Show
The Lab on Santa Fe
840 N. Santa Fe Dr., Denver, Colorado
Showcasing my Buried Treasure quilt through Oct. 10
Fiber Art exhibit
Paquette Gallery at Salida Steam Plant, Salida, Colorado
Showcasing my Ugly Ducking quilt through September
Neighborhood Arts & Crafts Studio Crawl
Oct. 5, 10am - 4pm
Colorado Springs neighborhoods of Middle Shooks Run, Patty Jewett
Check back for more information and details about more arts fairs and events for the remainder of 2024 and into 2025.
PAST EXHIBITS
Around the World in 80 Dyes naturally dyed textile art has been exhibited at the following galleries:
Liminal Space Gallery in Pueblo, Colorado
Steam Plant Event Center in Salida, Colorado
PACE arts center in Parker, Colorado
SOURCES, PARTNERSHIPS, SUPPORT
Color Sources
Fabric, Fiber Sources
Fabric, Fiber Sources
Avocado pits provided by Stir Coffee & Cocktails, North Wahsatch Avenue, Colorado Springs, CO
Flowers provided by garden centers in Colorado Springs, CO, friends and neighbors.
Fabric, Fiber Sources
Fabric, Fiber Sources
Fabric, Fiber Sources
Thrifted and up-cycled fabrics, fibers and linens from Who Gives a Scrap, Arcturus Drive, Colorado Springs, CO
Graphics and Design
Fabric, Fiber Sources
Graphics and Design
Logo, graphics and design by James Rosanio, Blue Claw Graphics & Design, Medford, New Jersey.