Marigolds in a dye bath at Botanical Colors. Photo credit, Anna Dianich.
KATHY HATTORI
Kathy Hattori is a textile artist deeply involved in colors from natural sources, their history and their modern day uses and applications.
Kathy has been involved with textiles since 1982 and traveled extensively to learn natural dye and textile techniques from treasured mentors. She teaches and lectures about natural dyes and has taught at Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Shakerag, and BARN on Bainbridge Island. She is is the founder and president of Botanical Colors and is sought after worldwide as a speaker about the sustainable use of natural dyes in global textile production.
Kathy Hattori. Photo by Susan Jarrett.