Botanically dyed bandanas are here, so you can wear the colors of the flower field year round! Hopi black sunflower seeds are harvested and cured, then brewed into gorgeous dye baths. This soft lavender-grey color is very difficult to photograph, but think of it like what a London Fog smells like, or the color of the mist just before an early winter sunrise. The first two images are most representative of the color. Because every bandana is handmade, there will be slight variations in color and pattern across each style.
Hopi Black Dye sunflowers — or Tceqa' Qu' Si in Hopi — have been traditionally used in Hopi art and craft for generations. Sunflower dye has been used in cotton, wool, and basketry work, and through different mordanting processes Hopi artisans can extract a wide range of rich colors from the seeds. Clearly, I’m still an absolute novice when it comes to working with this magical plant! 20% of Hopi sunflower bandana sales will be donated to the Natwani Coalition to support their Hopi Heirloom Seed Initiative, as a small form of reparations.
Bandanas are ~20”x20” with serged seams, 100% unbleached cotton, and mordanted with alum and tannic acid. This process helps affix the dye to the fibers.
Recommended care instructions: hand-wash in lukewarm water with a gentle detergent, then hang to dry. Colors may bleed slightly on the first wash, but won’t stain other fabrics.
(Please forgive my imperfect attempt at ironing these beauties — I swear I tried. But whomst amongst us isn’t a little wrinkled, and isn’t that lovely?)
Botanically dyed bandanas are here, so you can wear the colors of the flower field year round! Hopi black sunflower seeds are harvested and cured, then brewed into gorgeous dye baths. This soft lavender-grey color is very difficult to photograph, but think of it like what a London Fog smells like, or the color of the mist just before an early winter sunrise. The first two images are most representative of the color. Because every bandana is handmade, there will be slight variations in color and pattern across each style.
Hopi Black Dye sunflowers — or Tceqa' Qu' Si in Hopi — have been traditionally used in Hopi art and craft for generations. Sunflower dye has been used in cotton, wool, and basketry work, and through different mordanting processes Hopi artisans can extract a wide range of rich colors from the seeds. Clearly, I’m still an absolute novice when it comes to working with this magical plant! 20% of Hopi sunflower bandana sales will be donated to the Natwani Coalition to support their Hopi Heirloom Seed Initiative, as a small form of reparations.
Bandanas are ~20”x20” with serged seams, 100% unbleached cotton, and mordanted with alum and tannic acid. This process helps affix the dye to the fibers.
Recommended care instructions: hand-wash in lukewarm water with a gentle detergent, then hang to dry. Colors may bleed slightly on the first wash, but won’t stain other fabrics.
(Please forgive my imperfect attempt at ironing these beauties — I swear I tried. But whomst amongst us isn’t a little wrinkled, and isn’t that lovely?)
