Cheryl Kolander, Master Natural Dyer

Cheryl Kolander has over 30 years of professional experience in the art of Natural Dyeing.

She is the author of A Silkworker's Notebook, covering all aspects of working with silk. This book is now available in it's third reprinting as a collector's edition.

She has also authored Hemp! for Textile Artists, the only book written so far on the subject of textile hemp.

She is available to teach workshops or for individualized instruction in her home studio. She also does phone consulting at a rate of $60/hour.

Cheryl is also involved in an extensive project in the Dominican Republic with Mama D.O.C. to create economically and ecologically sustainable Logwood harvesting to benefit the last remaining group of native Indians.

Judy Chicago Colors for the Holocaust Tapestry.

Dione Itter Collection of 50 colours for knotted silk tapestries.

Joan Rene, MT Rainbow dyed yarns; custom colors with matching fabrics, for Flaming Fiber tapestry garments.

Robert Forman, NJ Dark colors on fine silks for yarn paintings.

Alyce Schroth, PA Colors on fine yarn for reproduction needlepoint samplers.

Robert Blackman, OR Colors on superfine raw silk for Chinese style double embroideries.

Atlantic Blanket Company, ME Color matched silk for woven bindings for their natural colored fleece blankets. (Shown at the Smithsonian Crafts exhibit, 1995.)

John Patterson, Bahrain Antique Oriental carpet restorer. All colors/yarns matched for restorations of antique, Natural Dyed Bedouin carpets.

Pieces of a Dream, CO Wool fiber and felt for Waldorph School kindergarden story boards and children's creative play.

Candy Barbag, FL Silks in all colors for Prayer Shawls.

Janet Bealer, GA Green silks in many shades for Church vestments and altar cloths.

Jan Wheatcroft, CA Colors on special singles silk for miniature tapestries.

American Museum of Moroccan Art, AZ Colors on special singles silk. These Naturally Dyed silk yarns are hand carried to Morocco, where they are woven into traditionally patterned carpets by villagers high in the mountains.

Cheryl Kolander, Master Dyer