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ClothGirl

A World of Textiles and Travel

  • JudyBlues Dyelab
  • Wannabee Tunic
  • Culture of Cloth
  • Traveling Textiles
  • About Cloth and Me
    • Museum Exhibits
    • Textile Research
    • Judy Newland, 2020 CV
  • JudyBlues Dyelab
  • Wannabee Tunic
  • Culture of Cloth
  • Traveling Textiles
  • About Cloth and Me
    • Museum Exhibits
    • Textile Research
    • Judy Newland, 2020 CV

Judyblues Dyelab

My ecological, sustainable dyeing involves gathering the remnants of nature and capturing that in cloth. This process allows us to explore our own environment and understand our place in the world. Each recycled leaf, petal and scrap of cloth compels us to appreciate a changing, drying and perhaps dying landscape. What can we do to save the places dear to us? Eco-dyeing connects me to the land.

What does it mean to be a maker? I’ve always loved making “stuff” using a myriad of methods, such as weaving, spinning, dyeing, felting, basket making and on and on. Making connects my heart and hands and often provides a path to contemplation and meditation. The final product is rarely the purpose of making, but the path getting there – it’s where I discover all the creative ideas bouncing around in my head that make me, me.

Black walnut and cochineal eco-dye
Black walnut and cochineal eco-dye
Eco-dye collage from desert
Eco-dye collage from desert
Falling leaves eco-dye collage
Falling leaves eco-dye collage
Eucalyptus love from the desert with iron
Eucalyptus love from the desert with iron
Desert leaves eco-dye collage with iron
Desert leaves eco-dye collage with iron
Coreopsis eco-dye collage
Coreopsis eco-dye collage
It’s all eucalyptus...eco-dye collage
It’s all eucalyptus...eco-dye collage
The brilliance of alkanet purple
The brilliance of alkanet purple
Crazy cannabis silky eco-dye collage
Crazy cannabis silky eco-dye collage
Hand woven indigo silk with red twig dogwood
Hand woven indigo silk with red twig dogwood
Jake’s eucalyptus eco-dye exchange
Jake’s eucalyptus eco-dye exchange
Maple delight; onion skin eco-dye tablecloth
Maple delight; onion skin eco-dye tablecloth
Black walnut recycled
Black walnut recycled
The beauty of grapes eco-dye collage
The beauty of grapes eco-dye collage
Eucalyptus leaves and bark; single piece
Eucalyptus leaves and bark; single piece
Cochineal eco-dye collage on silks
Cochineal eco-dye collage on silks
Nature’s mirror image (detail)
Nature’s mirror image (detail)

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