Category Archives: Micro Textile Lab

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Colors From The Columbia Greenmarket!September 28, 2012Below are the colors we created at the Columbia Greenmarket on September 9th. We used mums and kale from Stannard Farm, Washington County, NY, and celery from Acevedo Farm in Orange County, NY. Join us Saturday Sept 29th  at the Brooklyn Borough Hall greenmarket. We will there from 10am-3pm creating dyes!   Mums     […]
 
Thank You For Crafting With Us!September 17, 2012Many thanks to everyone who helped Textile Lab felt together two amazing textiles to give to the farmers at Garden Of Eve and Norwich Meadows Farm. The farms bartered food in exchange for handcrafted textiles at the Unsold Supper Event on Saturday. The feast was incredible… it was an amazing end to a beautiful day at the market!
 

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Textile Lab At “Unsold Supper” Event Tomorrow 9/15September 14, 2012Join Textile Lab tomorrow Saturday September 15th from 4-6 with our friends from  Our Goods to engage, create and feast at the “Unsold Supper” Event. We will be felting gifts to give to the farmers using local, naturally dyed fiber!  Please see our revised Greenmarket schedule below for September, October and November. Textile Lab will […]
 

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Colors Found At Tompkins Square Park Market!September 8, 2012We made dyes last week at the Tompkins Square Market with sage and radish tops from Acevedo Farm, Pine Island, NY. Below are the colors and pictures from the market. Please join us this Saturday 9/15 [UPDATED: at the Union Square Greenmarket]. We will be there from 3pm-6pm creating dyes and  spinning local, naturally dyed […]
 

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Textile Lab: Color palette from Greenpoint, BrooklynAugust 31, 2012At the Greenpoint Greenmarket we created dyes with rosemary and cilantro from Osczepinski Farm, Goshen, NY. Farmer Joe from Healthway Farms gave us some red cabbage to make dye with! Here is the color palette:     Below are pictures from our visit:    
 

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Textile Lab Visits Fort Greene Park In Brooklyn!August 23, 2012We had a successful visit to the Greenmarket at the Fort Greene Park last Saturday. We made dye with  marigolds from Rexcroft Farms in Athens NY, carrot tops from Conuco Farm in New Paltz NY and mint from J Glebocki Farms LLC. We also met many people from the Fort Greene neighborhood. There were many questions […]
 

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Inwood Welcomes Textile LabAugust 13, 2012The community at Inwood includes many people who are interested in sustainability and the environment.  Many visitors stopped by Textile Lab to learn about natural dyes. We created dyes with sunflowers and eucalyptus from J Glebocki Farms, Orange County NY. Mariko Hashimoto visited the lab. Mariko is a licensed Aromatherapist and Esthetician who lives in […]
 

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Textile Lab Back On The Road for 2012!August 7, 2012Textile Lab will be visiting the GrowNYC Greenmarkets starting Saturday August 11th! We will be at the Inwood market from 10am-3pm harvesting plants and flowers to make dyes and spinning local wool. Check out our schedule to see when the lab will be at  your neighborhood Greenmarket!                 […]
 

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Loop De Loop Recycling EventOctober 18, 2011Below are pictures of the GrowNYC Loop De Loop  Recycling Event at the Union Square Pavilion. Textile Lab dyed market bags made from reclaimed t shirts that were made on site by the Textile Arts Center and  greenmarket shoppers!
 

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Loop De Loop Recycling with Textile LabOctober 14, 2011Join Textile lab this Saturday 10/15 at the Union Square pavilion for the Loop De Loop Recycling event! We will be there from 11am-3pm dyeing T-shirt shopping bags with flowers and plants collected from the greenmarket.  
 

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Greenpoint Greenmarket!October 9, 2011The lab paid another visit to the Williamsburg and Greenpoint Greenmarkets on Saturday. We made dyes with fennel, cilantro and onion skins from Garden of Eve.
 
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Textile Lab at New Green CityOctober 9, 2011The Textile Lab visited the New Green City event sponsored by GrowNYC  Union Square. We parked next to the City Atlas crew, and made dyes with eucalyptus and cabbage from the greenmarket. We met Johanna from Herbal Garden of East NY. See her pictured below sporting her hand knitted coat and hat!  
 

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Textile Lab In BrooklynOctober 7, 2011The lab will be at two locations this Saturday 10/8. We will be at the Greenpoint market in Mc Carren Park from 10am-2pm, and then we will be going to Smorgasburg on the Williamsburg waterfront from 3-5. Come see us create natural dyes, and spin! We will have yarn and products for sale.
 
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Socrates GreenmarketOctober 4, 2011  A trip to the greenmarket at Socrates Sculpture Park is a great way to spend a Saturday…nature, art and fresh local produce. We took advantage of the vegetable and flower offerings from J. Glebocki and Lucky Dog Farms. Dyes were made from sunflower, zinnia, fennel and onion skins!          
 

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Textile Lab At Greenmarket in LICSeptember 30, 2011Join us on Saturday 10/1 from 10am-4pm. We will be at the Socrates Greenmarket creating dyes!  Come see our dyed yarn!  
 
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Read About Textile Lab/ InhabitatSeptember 29, 2011Check out the article written on Inhabitat about the Textile Lab Projects: http://inhabitat.com/nyc/learn-how-to-dye-your-clothes-with-local-produce-at-the-mobile-textile-lab/ Below are pictures of Textile Lab with Parsons students at Union Square last Monday: Making dyes Houria visited our lab and showed us how she learned to spin and card in her homeland of Algeria A visitor named Tasmi demonstrated Tibetan spinning […]
 
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Textile Lab In DumboSeptember 25, 2011Below are pictures of the collaborative textile that we worked on at the Dumbo Arts Festival. It is  a felted construction made from local wool and reclaimed textiles.
 
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Dumbo Arts Festival This Saturday!September 23, 2011See the Textile Lab at the Dumbo Arts Festival this Saturday 9/24 from 2-5 pm. We will be in the Tobacco Warehouse on Water St working on a giant collaborative felted textile! The textile is made from local, naturally dyed wool, and reclaimed textiles.