Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Meet the Maker: At garbella, I create naturally dyed textiles, quilted wall art, and home goods that merge craftsmanship, sustainability, and a deep connection to place. Designed and made in Pittsburgh, PA, my work combines natural dyes, cyanotype printing, and piecing techniques to explore the balance between process, form, and organic variation. Many pieces begin with materials grown from seed in my backyard garden: flowers, leaves, and plants that I harvest, press, and use fresh or dried throughout the seasons. Through processes such as immersion dyeing, bundle dyeing, eco-printing, indigo dyeing, and other surface design techniques, I create textiles that are inherently one of a kind. Cyanotype printing adds another layer of expression, using pressed botanicals and photographic negatives exposed to sunlight to create ethereal blueprints of nature’s forms. In contrast to my screenprinted designs, where repetition and refinement are central, the botanically dyed and cyanotype works celebrate unpredictability and the science of transformation. Each color shift, resist mark, and sunprint is a record of both craft and season. I am currently exploring hybrid processes that merge these worlds: screenprinting with natural dyes, layering cyanotypes on fabric, and quilting these elements together. Together, these collections form a cohesive body of work rooted in care, experimentation, and sustainability. By integrating handmade techniques with plant-based materials, I strive to create products that are both beautiful and meaningful, as well as, expressions of place, process, and the quiet artistry of slow craft.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Meet the Maker: At garbella, I create naturally dyed textiles, quilted wall art, and home goods that merge craftsmanship, sustainability, and a deep connection to place. Designed and made in Pittsburgh, PA, my work combines natural dyes, cyanotype printing, and piecing techniques to explore the balance between process, form, and organic variation. Many pieces begin with materials grown from seed in my backyard garden: flowers, leaves, and plants that I harvest, press, and use fresh or dried throughout the seasons. Through processes such as immersion dyeing, bundle dyeing, eco-printing, indigo dyeing, and other surface design techniques, I create textiles that are inherently one of a kind. Cyanotype printing adds another layer of expression, using pressed botanicals and photographic negatives exposed to sunlight to create ethereal blueprints of nature’s forms. In contrast to my screenprinted designs, where repetition and refinement are central, the botanically dyed and cyanotype works celebrate unpredictability and the science of transformation. Each color shift, resist mark, and sunprint is a record of both craft and season. I am currently exploring hybrid processes that merge these worlds: screenprinting with natural dyes, layering cyanotypes on fabric, and quilting these elements together. Together, these collections form a cohesive body of work rooted in care, experimentation, and sustainability. By integrating handmade techniques with plant-based materials, I strive to create products that are both beautiful and meaningful, as well as, expressions of place, process, and the quiet artistry of slow craft.
