Sharon Donnan works with small farmers and hand weavers in Louisiana to revive Acadian Brown Cotton. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-64

Deb Brandon is a textile artist, writer, math professor, and brain injury survivor. She is also a board member of WARP Weave a Real Peace, and most recently is the author of Threads Around the World, a collection of essays and photographs sharing textile traditions from communities around the world. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-63

Liz Spencer is a natural dyer who advocates for slow fashion and sustainable textiles. Her growing experience includes farming organic natural dyes in between rows of a family heritage orange grove in southern California, and community-centric projects on the sidewalks of Brooklyn, New York. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-62

Stephen Hamilton is an artist and arts educator living and working in Boston. Stephen’s work incorporates both Western and African techniques, blending figurative painting and drawing with resist dyeing, weaving, and woodcarving. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-61

Sara Hajgato is a Hungarian natural dyer and small scale grower. She collaborates with a rural eco-community to grow dye plants and run small-scale experiments, in which she re-purposes vintage garments with natural dyes. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-60

Cameron Taylor-Brown has been working in the worlds of fiber, education, and commerce since the 1970’s. She is curating an exhibit for the Craft in America Center in LA called Material Meaning: A Living Legacy of Anni Albers, which will feature work by ten contemporary American artists and designers working with textiles who are strongly influenced by Anni Albers. Show

Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-59

Material Meaning Catalogue: https://theweavingworkshop.com/2019/10/31/material-meaning-exhibition-catalogue/

This week on the podcast, LaChaun is talking with Kelli, a natural dyer, dye grower, insect admirer, and owner of Bedhead Fiber. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-58

Jillian Moreno is a spinner, knitter, weaver and the author of the book Yarnitecture, all about spinning exactly the yarn you want. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-57

Kindigo is a Korean brand making sustainable & skin-friendly textile products with Korean natural indigo. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-56

Amy McKnight is a North Carolina-based fiber artist and weaver specializing in working on small looms. Show Notes: www.gistyarn.com/episode-55