Idyllwilde, 1148 N. Wood Avenue, North Florence, AL (2026)

Design + making + mending // Natural dye studio // Clothing and home provisions // Workshops in indigo and botanical dye + mending and denim repair.

04/13/2026

What a great group of students at the mordant printing workshop at -we worked with alum and iron to print on cotton, then dyed in Osage orange. Thank you and for organizing this series of classes.

03/30/2026

Sunday afternoon at teaching the most lovely group of women about natural dyes, tannins and iron.
Thank you for hosting the Native Plant Series 🍂 We made stencil prints on sumac dyed cotton and dyed additional cloth with Osage orange.

03/19/2026

Sign up now for 𝗗𝘆𝗲 & 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀! The last of the Alabama Plant Series for the season, this workshop will be on 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝘁 𝟭𝗽𝗺. Hosted by Nadene Mairesse, this class will provide an opportunity for participants to learn about historical dyeing processes and use dye to print on fabric.
Participants will dye and paint 2-3 pieces of 12" square cotton muslin which they can use as quiltblocks, cushion covers, or framed wall hangings.

Students will be introduced to the history of plant based dyes and guided through historical dyeing processes including mordanting (preparation) of the cloth to creation of the dye bath using foraged native plants such as Osage Orange, Staghorn Sumac and Black Walnut. Nadene will give an overview of native Alabama dye plants and tips on foraging responsibly. As their textiles are soaking up the plant dye, students will mix mineral based paints to apply pattern to their dyed cotton cloth. Nadene will then explain how to finish the dyed textile pieces to ensure color and lightfastness.

The Alabama Plant Series is a set of five workshops hosted at Pope’s Tavern Museum. These workshops are meant to draw the connections between Native American cultures, Alabama plants, and the products created by people that are rooted in early traditions.

All of these events will cost $20 per participant and will take place at Pope’s Tavern Museum, 203 Hermitage Drive, Florence, AL. Pope’s Tavern is open Tuesday-Saturday, 10am until 4pm, and is located at 203 Hermitage Drive, Florence, AL 35630. For questions, call : (256) 760-6379 or email: [email protected].

Sign up at link below:
https://www.florencealmuseums.com/aps26

01/31/2026

A piece I made for “Humble:Cloth Stories” currently on view

Humble: Cloth Stories brings together artists who explore the quiet power of cloth as a keeper of memory, identity and lived experience. Rather than focusing on fiber as ornament or technique, the exhibition honors everyday objects and pieces shaped by touch, use, and necessity. The works reveal how fabric holds the presence of past lives, how repairs become records and how beauty often appears not in extravagance but in the modest, the weathered and the mended.
The exhibition is curated by Doug Baulos, Yuko Kojima and Sumiyo Iwasa

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1148 N. Wood Avenue
North Florence, AL
35630

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