by Kellas

Plant-dyed + hand-lettered goods made with love in Michigan.

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May your day be filled with rainbows 🌈🍀 . . . Tags: #bykellas #dyedbykellas #naturaldye #silk #naturallydyedsilk #rainbow #naturaldyerainbow #plantdye #ecodye #botanicaldye #naturaldyersofinstagram
I took this photo almost a year ago while getting organized to move from Oregon to Michigan in the early days of a pandemic. Never would have thought a year later we’d be in that same pandemic and I’d be moving again! . . . Tags: #bykella
The best / worst part of moving is finding all the stuff you forgot you had 🥴 (like this dyer’s alkanet I bought a year ago and stashed away after my first experiment was a bust). Feels like it’s time to try again, so I’m soaking
Patch of 10:02am sunlight in my new basement studio 🤩 can’t wait to take a million photos here. . . . Tags: #bykellas #artstudio #shadowplay #studio #productphotography
A late night 🎨✂️🪡 to a watercolor from last month (aka trying not to get into any new projects in the midst of moving 😅😩😇) . . . Tags: #bykellas #paperbykellas #checkerboard #watercolor #weaving #paperart #paperweaving
Cooking up this steamy spruce cone dye bath with my summer stockpile of dyestuffs 🌞 . . . Tags: #bykellas #dyedbykellas #bykellasbackyard #naturaldye #naturaldyer #foraged #forageddyes #sprucecone #spruceconedye #localcolor #plantdye #naturaldyepro
Detroit-grown bridal bouquet wrapped in silk ribbon, with the biggest, butteriest dahlia 🌼🧈 Photo by @wearethebillings / flowers by Fresh Cut Detroit / silk ribbon @bykellas . . . Tags: #bykellas #dyedbykellas #ribbonbykellas #naturaldye #natura
Silk ribbon in LAKE 🌊 a mottled indigo blue, reminiscent of the reflection off Lake Michigan on a sunny day Silk is dyed with indigo, then hand-torn into ribbon with a raw, frayed edge. Swipe 👉 for the many blues of Lake Michigan, photos taken
My studio runneth over (into every space in the house) 🥴🎨🌀 I just can’t help it! My husband and I are buying our first home and it has a big, empty basement that will be my new working space. Including the most amazing sink from its origin
My take on cheetah print for a very special + untamed woman 🐆 100% silk scarf painted with black spots, then dyed with black walnuts collected from the neighborhood Inspired by the glorious @glennondoyle ♥️🐆✨ . . . Tags: #bykellas #dyedby
A rainbow of ground lake pigments ready to be mulled into paint 🌈 plant color from the kitchen, the garden, the neighborhood. Swipe 👉 to see what each is made from . . . Tags: #bykellas #bykellasbackyard #lakepigment #pigment #pigmentmixing #pla
Just waiting on the day it’s warm enough to use the clothesline again 😌🍃 Textiles bundle dyed with osage wood, onion skins, and foraged flowers 🌸 . . . Tags: #bykellas #dyedbykellas #bykellasbackyard #bundledye #bundledyeing #naturaldye #n
One day closer to spring, to blooms, to eco-printing in the backyard 🧚✨ Hibiscus petals printed on silk 🌺 . . . Tags: #bykellas #bykellasbackyard #dyedbykellas #ecoprint #ecoprinting #naturaldye #plantdye #petalprints #bundledye #foraged #forage
Dyed with plants. Made with love ♥️ driftwood / chai / clove / chartreuse / dune grass 🧦🐌🌞🐍🌲 . . . Tags: #bykellas #dyedbykellas #naturaldye #ribbonbykellas #silkribbon #plantdye #naturaldyersofinstagram #bouquetribbon #flowerribbon #we
Recent scenes from my sunny blue + brown winter 🦋🐌✨ inauguration day sunset / indigo #chamomilecrop / painting walnut dyed dish towels / boots n burs / acorn lake pigment / meow / Lake Michigan stones as a resist / blue skies 🌲 / silk painting /
Made this giant, dreamy scrunchie for old time’s sake 🐚 Silk bundle dyed with onion skins as a scrunchie / as 1” wide ribbon . . . Tags: #bykellas #dyedbykellas #ribbonbykellas #naturaldye #bundledye #foodwaste #foodwastedye #onionski
Silk ribbon in APRICOT 🍑 a soft, glowing orange named for warm apricots from summer farm markets, secret spots by the water, fresh herbs, salads with feta, and fruit straight from the vine. Ribbon is naturally dyed with plants + hand-torn, leaving
Some silk samples from 2020 I liked enough to tape into this book so I remember them ✨forever✨ Dyed with walnuts, cloves, onion skin, spruce cones, indigo, and other stuff I don’t recall because I always assume I’ll remember even though
I finally took the plunge and sewed my first garments. Who knew you could make a whole wardrobe from old, stained sheets?! #rjmakeeverything picnic muumuu by @rudyjude made from ancient white sheets // #morningglorytop by @sarkirsten made from flora