Fisher Cat Fiber Co.

 

Welcome to Fisher Cat Fiber Co.

We are artists and craftspeople who utilize what we find in front of us, in ways that continually evolve. We upcycle, we recycle, we distill, refine, and create anew. We work with fibers, with locally foraged plants, lichen, and fungi, with random fragments and remnants of other times and other lives. From this process come one-of-a-kind home pieces, wovenwear, and yarns in a range of organically derived hues.

photo credit: Randazzo & Blau

 
More solar dyeing with walnut bark. ☀️☀️ We added water, wool roving, and bark to our dye tank (an old fish tank), and again, the color developed instantly. The photos show progress over the last week. Today, the results 🧡 We used bark from the same
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We achieved stunning results using Alder Buckthorn bark and berries as natural dyes. Each summer, we dye with a plant we’ve never tried: this year, it’s Frangula alnus, Alder buckthorn, an invasive shrub that grows abundantly in our area.
Canning flowers again 🌼 . . . . . #fromourgardentoourtable #cuttinggarden #flowers #emptycans #summertime #repurposed #smallbouquet #betterhomesandgardens #blackeyedsusans #gardenlife #shastadaisies #daisy #dansgarden #inthetimeofcorona #cannedflowe
Regional dye plants are popping up! In a few weeks, many will reach their full dye potential. This is our preferred way of dyeing, using what’s available each year that grows in abundance in our neck of the woods; some are native species, but m
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