Landscape Alchemy: Natural Palettes with California Plants
by Sasha Duerr
Saturday September 20, 2025
10:00am- 4:00pm
*** Register Online Here ***
Workshop Flier
Create a seasonal and local color palette from Northern California plant-based dyes. We’ll explore alchemy and biodiversity with a spectrum of holistic hues made from indigenous California plants and discuss the extensive range of natural palettes in weeds and chaparral plants. Together we’ll learn to “cook with color” and make a unique and biodiverse palette of botanically-dyed samples, finished take-home textiles exploring a range of surface design techniques in the process . . . and connect to a vibrant array of California fall colors.
SASHA DUERR is an artist, designer, and educator who works with plant-based color and natural palettes. Sasha centers her practice and research on the collaborative color potential of weeds, food and floral waste, and local and seasonal ingredients. Teaching for over a decade at California College of the Arts with a joint appointment in Textiles and Fine Arts, Sasha lectures, consults, and designs curriculum and courses in the intersection of natural color, slow food, slow fashion and social practice. In 2007, Sasha founded Permacouture Institute to encourage the exploration of regenerative design practices for fashion and textiles. From "Dinners to Dye For" to "Weeding Your Wardrobe" and "Seasonal Color Wheels" her extensive work with plant-based color palettes has been featured in the New York Times, American Craft Magazine, Domino, Elle Decor Uk, Selvedge, and the Huffington Post. Sasha is the author of THE HANDBOOK OF NATURAL PLANT DYES (Timber Press/Workman 2011) NATURAL COLOR (Watson-Guptill/Ten Speed Press 2016) and NATURAL PALETTES (Princeton Architectural Press 2020).
WORKSHOP DETAILS
Dates: Saturday September 20, 2025
Times: 10:00am- 4:00pm
Location: Room 309 Holt Hall, California State University, Chico
Deadline for registration is Monday, Sept 15, end-of-day
Advance registration required. Class size limited to 22 participants (Class cancelled and full refund returned without a minimum of 12 participants). If paying by check, we may not be able to confirm your reservation until the check is received.
Registration + *Required Materials Fee Structure
Non-Members: $155 + $10 Materials Fee = $165.00
Members of the Friends of the Ahart Herbarium: $120 + $10 Materials Fee = $130.00
Student/Hardship Intern (Two seats only): $50 + $10 Materials Fee = $60.00
*Required Materials Fee $10 per person – a selection of expensive silk fabrics will be included for your use in the workshop.
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Payment by credit card (preferred) is NOT automatic. After registration review, a secure online payment link is manually generated. Payee will receive email from "Clover" with payment link within 3 business days of registration submission.
If you need additional assistance with workshop registration, please contact Sandra Scholten at sscholten@csuchico.edu or at the Biology office (530)898-5356.
You will receive more information on workshop logistics closer to the date of the workshop!
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