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The organic tie-dyer

Audrey is a colourist and artisanal dyer, living in Brooklyn. She makes her dye from all-natural ingredients, sourced from her daily life, travels, and visits to the ocean. Capturing the organic pigments in nature, Audrey fills her boiling pot with everything from seaweed, squid ink and plankton to flowers, clay, and soil. With her unique natural dye, Audrey then creates colourful art, fashion, and interiors.

Throughout her artistic process, Audrey needs good art studio storage to make, dry and preserve her pigments, a place for the tie-dye painting, and space for drying the finished fabrics.

A woman is leaning over a desk full of glass jars and flowers. She is using a paintbrush to dye a piece of textile the colour pink.

A home art studio bursting with all the colours of nature

In her home art studio, Audrey has created an inspiring workspace for making dye, creating tie-dye art, and storing everything from pigments and natural materials, to utensils, raw fabrics, pots, and finished textiles. Strong natural pigments are meant to tint, so it’s safest to keep them in labelled glass jars. That way, you can see a nice palette of what’s inside, but only dye what you really want to dye. Label what the pigment is made from and the date it was made. Stainless steel shelving units like OMAR are both durable and corrosion resistant, which makes it a safe option when it comes to using liquids. Plus, they’re easy to clean. When it’s time to make art, a big, robust table is great for tie-dying, or any kind of project or hobby! Use a tablecloth to protect it from paint and spills, so that you can focus all your energy on completing your project. After you’re done painting your textiles, they need a place to dry. Use a regular RIGGA clothes rack to hang and dry your dyed clothes and textile art pieces. Be sure to put some carton or a plastic bag underneath to catch any dripping dye before it hits the floor.

A table as seen from above, full of containers with natural materials for making dye pigment; such as yellow mushrooms, pink flowers, blueberries, brown rocks, and green seaweed.

Natural storage for organic art

In keeping with the organic theme of ocean and nature, use FLÅDIS baskets made from handwoven seagrass to store both your raw textiles and finished tie-dyed pieces. KORKEN glass jars are ideal for preserving the natural pigments. TILLREDA portable cooktop is perfect whenever you need an extra stovetop for the dyeing process.