Alchemy

Rosewood

A magical process of transformation and happenstance lies at the heart of our new nature-hued collections, Alchemy and Echantment, created in collaboration with guest designer Janene Ping of Hawthorne Valley School. Inspired by the elemental dance between sun and earth, these two collections collections highlight the unique beauty of natural dyes. Distinctive color is born when roots, leaves, bark, flowers, and insects are soaked, fermented, heated, and introduced to the forces of metals and salts.

For these collections we worked with Hawthorne Valley kindergarten teacher and puppet artist JW Ping, who has a long established practice of plant dye exploration. “A journey into the enchantment of color unfolds each time the fibers are lifted from the brewing vessel… Revelation of unexpected hues is the most rewarding!” Through this practice she produces extraordinary silk tapestries that are used to create fantastical realms within her theater productions, bringing stories to life through an array of color and texture. Alchemy and Enchantment transform those backdrops into immersive, all encompassing spaces, where the unique properties of natural dyes on silk are captured at a monumental scale.