make an impact by reducing your impact with 100% compostable, all natural clothing.

hand-designed, hand-made & hand-dyed clothing

SILK BATIK SCARVES

  • 100% Silk Scarf ~ Dyed w/ Acacia

    hand-dyed with hand-made acacia dyes // 100% silk // $45

  • 100% Silk ~ Dyed w/ Acacia&Henna

    hand-dyed with hand-made acacia and henna dyes // 100% silk // $45

LEAF STENCILED

PRODUCTS

  • hand-made flannel button-up // hand-dyed using acorns // 100% cotton // $120

  • hand-made button-up // hand-dyed using acorns // 100% cotton // $70 // SOLD OUT

  • 100% Cotton Handkerchiefs ~ Dyed w/ Acorns

    handkerchief // dyed using hand-made stencils and hand-made acorn dye // 100% cotton // $20

  • kitchen towel hand-dyed using hand-made stencils and acorns from iowa // 100% cotton // $40

  • handkerchief // dyed using hand-made stencils and hand-made acorn dye // 100% cotton // $20

  • handkerchief // dyed using hand-made stencils and hand-made acorn dye // 100% cotton // $20

  • rama’s bread aprons (custom product) // hand-dyed using acorns // 100% linen // $40

PHOTOS FROM THE PROCESS

  • making some flannel pockets !

  • stenciled pockets drying !

  • my dad is happy to wear his new shirt :-)

  • making some dyes !

  • more hand-made stenciling !

  • everything’s cut and ready to sew !

  • cut pieces with oak leaf stencils applied !

OTHER DYE EXPERIMENTS

some insight into future products …

  • flowers pressed into a cotton bandana, batik method used to create pokadots, and over dyed with berries // made as part of Artesumapaz artist residency in Colombia

  • bandana’s created using gathered plant materials as part of Artesumapaz artist residency in Colombia

  • details of a garment created using pressed flowers and berries created as part of the Artesumapaz artist residency in Colombia

  • creating paper from bi-products of the batik wax-removal process

  • kitchen towels // dyed using combinations of cutch, madder, and henna // $20 each or $50 for all 3

let’s take care of our cute little planet.

  • In 2024, 70% of fabrics used in the fashion industry were made of synthetic fibers and materials [6]. Synthetic fibers are made from plastic. Plastic will NEVER disappear from our planet.

    It’s estimated that for each load of laundry (of synthetic fiber clothing), 700,000 microplastic fibers enter the water supply [2] and after 20 to 200 years, synthetic “biodegradable” garments will completely break down into microplastics [1]. The fashion industry is responsible for 200,000 to 500,000 TONS of microplastics being added to the ocean every year [7]. Due to the use of toxic dyes and chemicals to produce and color synthetic fibers, the fashion industry has become the 2nd biggest polluter of the water supply in the world [2].

    This project is an effort to bring awareness to the clothing that we buy&wear, reducing our environmental impact, and creating a path for guilt-free and sustainable fashion. By using plant dyes and natural fibers, our products can be composted without harm to our environment or our water supply. 

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about the artist.

Nora was born and raised in Iowa City, IA. She’s an artist, a musician, and an engineer currently based out of Salida, CO, where she lives with her partner. It’s here that the magic happens everyday, designing and making clothing using natural dyes and fibers bringing her dream of chemical-free, fully compostable clothing to life.

Support Nora by listening to her music, and taking a look a her professional/engineering career at these links ~

our vision …

we hope to create a collective of community-minded artists who strive to minimize the environmental impact of their artistic practices and/or small businesses. this community is aimed at sharing information and techniques for creating more sustainable products as well as promoting each others small businesses through knowledge exchange and creative collaborations. interested in joining? send me an email at norr.petr@gmail.com ~