1. 20 Feb


    Eucalyptus Experiments by Stephany Latham.  I am growing a Eucalyptus tree in my apartment and experimenting with it’s color affects.

     

  2. 26 Sep


    Alkanet Root Dye, Alkanna Tinctoria The alkanet dye plant was collected in the neighborhood of Ravenswood in Chicago, Illinois.  This entire plant can be used to extract different colors, however, I used the roots to create this dark grey scale purple.  Also, alkanet is a traditional Scottish dye plant used to make the famous plaid tartans that symbolizes and differentiates each historical clan (families) that lived in Scotland for generations.   For each dye plant that I find in Chicago, I uncover more cultural truths about how this city became uniquely rich in biodiversity and resilient with its citizenry. I recently started a new blog entitled, the Urban Prairie Dye Project, that capitalizes off of my thesis research that I completed this past year -linking cultures to dye plants I collect in Chicago and use them in my artistic and art therapy practice.  Only this blog also lets other artists and natural dyers submit work to the page and share their stories.  Feel free to check it out and submit your work.

    Alkanet Root Dye, Alkanna Tinctoria

    The alkanet dye plant was collected in the neighborhood of Ravenswood in Chicago, Illinois.  This entire plant can be used to extract different colors, however, I used the roots to create this dark grey scale purple.  Also, alkanet is a traditional Scottish dye plant used to make the famous plaid tartans that symbolizes and differentiates each historical clan (families) that lived in Scotland for generations.  

    For each dye plant that I find in Chicago, I uncover more cultural truths about how this city became uniquely rich in biodiversity and resilient with its citizenry.

    I recently started a new blog entitled, the Urban Prairie Dye Project, that capitalizes off of my thesis research that I completed this past year -linking cultures to dye plants I collect in Chicago and use them in my artistic and art therapy practice.  Only this blog also lets other artists and natural dyers submit work to the page and share their stories.  Feel free to check it out and submit your work.

     

  3. 3 Sep


    New textile mini by Stephany Latham in her tiny weaving series. Made with madder dye plant stained silk raffia with synthetic orange and new green dye.

    New textile mini by Stephany Latham in her tiny weaving series.

    Made with madder dye plant stained silk raffia with synthetic orange and new green dye.

     

  4. 2 Jul


    I feel so flattered and thankful all at once for my artwork being shared by others on pinterest.  The above photo is part of my natural dye series where I have been collecting dye plants through out the Chicago cityscape and using them in my artwork, as well as introducing this material into my art therapy practice. You all can find some of my pins under: stephanylatham.com, asuncame.tumblr.com, and stephany latham.  A special shout out to Loias Lee for making my work feel special.  Check out her pins and exquisite taste here.

    I feel so flattered and thankful all at once for my artwork being shared by others on pinterest.  The above photo is part of my natural dye series where I have been collecting dye plants through out the Chicago cityscape and using them in my artwork, as well as introducing this material into my art therapy practice.

    You all can find some of my pins under: stephanylatham.com, asuncame.tumblr.com, and stephany latham. 

    A special shout out to Loias Lee for making my work feel special.  Check out her pins and exquisite taste here.

    (Source: asuncame)

     

  5. 19 Mar


    I have an exciting update! I decided to Google my name for random reasons and I found a trail of my artwork ‘pinned’ on Pinterest. How cool is that?

    Thank you art & textile bloggers, specifically GinnyBranchStelling! You can find it here:

    http://pinterest.com/source/stephanylatham.com/

    (Source: asuncame)