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Sara Goodman
to Discuss Textiles and Natural Dyes
Learn about textiles around the world and the Farm’s new Fibershed workshops in an online conversation from Botanical Colors on Thursday, Feb. 24
Sara Goodman harvesting indigo in the Dye Garden at Sanborn Mills Farm.
Join us for a conversation with Sara Goodman and Botanical Colors to learn about natural dyes from around the world and your chance to learn in-person at Sanborn Mills Farm workshops this year. Sara, who is the Dye Studio Manager at the Farm, will be the featured artist on “Feedback Friday” (being held temporarily on Thursdays) for Botanical Colors, which markets natural dyes to artisans and industrial clients.
Sara will discuss her prolific textile experience, including helping to get the Symplocos Project off the ground in Indonesia, serving on the Board of Directors of the Goodweave Foundation and teaching for decades the art of weaving and natural dyeing. Sara will talk about her work and travels in pursuit of textiles around the world and now as Dye Studio Manager at the Farm and being part of a team teaching traditional crafts and farming methods.
The conversation begins on Thursday, Feb. 24 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern time, 9:00 a.m. Pacific. It will be free to watch online, but registration is required. To register,click here.
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Book of the Month
What We’re Reading This February
To celebrate the launch of our Natural Dye Basics Series, we’ll be sharing with you one book per month that teaches, inspires, and excites us about Natural Dyes. Read along with us! Follow Sanborn Mills Farm on Instagram to share your comments on this month’s read.
This month’s choice is A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desireby Amy Butler Greenfield.
“In the sixteenth century, one of the world’s most precious commodities was cochineal, a legendary red dye treasured by the ancient Mexicans and sold in the great Aztec marketplaces, where it attracted the attention of the Spanish conquistadors. Shipped to Europe, the dye created a sensation, producing the brightest, strongest red the world had ever seen. Soon Spain’s cochineal monopoly was worth a fortune. As the English, French, Dutch, and other Europeans joined the chase for cochineal — a chase that lasted for more than three centuries — a tale of pirates, explorers, alchemists, scientists, and spies unfolds.” – Harper Collins
Here’s more information from Harper Collins about “A Perfect Red.”
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Photo Credits
Photo of Sara Goodman by Steve Bjerklie.
“A Perfect Red” cover courtesy HarperCollins.
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