This piece was woven as a custom with a warp of organic cotton-linen and a weft of naturally dyed raw silk.  The dyes used for the weft are the result of years of collecting and dyeing, they include black walnuts, pecan shucks, cochineal, marigolds, fustic, blanketflower, buckthorn, sandalwood, lichens and mushrooms, alder, onion skins, and probably a few more that I am forgetting at this moment.

Handwoven fabric in a naturally dyed rainbow of grey, browns, greens, pinks, purples, yellow and orange lays on a wooden floor
Solari Handwoven Art Yardage by Jeannie Ortiz
Detail of Handwoven fabric in a naturally dyed rainbow of grey, browns, greens, pinks, purples, yellow and orange lays on a wooden floor
Solari Handwoven Art Yardage by Jeannie Ortiz
Detail of Handwoven fabric in a naturally dyed rainbow of grey, browns, greens, pinks, purples, yellow and orange lays on a wooden floor
Solari Handwoven Art Yardage by Jeannie Ortiz
Woman holding a shawl of many soft colors out behind her, she stands in the speckled light of a green orchard
Solari Handwoven Art Yardage by Jeannie Ortiz
Woman holding a shawl of many soft colors out behind her, she stands in the speckled light of a green orchard
Solari Handwoven Art Yardage by Jeannie Ortiz
Detail of Handwoven fabric in a naturally dyed rainbow of grey, browns, greens, pinks, purples, yellow and orange lays on a wooden floor
Solari Handwoven Art Yardage by Jeannie Ortiz
Detail of Handwoven fabric in a naturally dyed rainbow of grey, browns, greens, pinks, purples, yellow and orange lays on a wooden floor
Solari Handwoven Art Yardage by Jeannie Ortiz
Detail of Handwoven fabric in a naturally dyed rainbow of grey, browns, greens, pinks, purples, yellow and orange lays on a wooden floor
Solari Handwoven Art Yardage by Jeannie Ortiz
Detail of Handwoven fabric in a naturally dyed rainbow of grey, browns, greens, pinks, purples, yellow and orange lays on a wooden floor
Solari Handwoven Art Yardage by Jeannie Ortiz
Detail of Handwoven fabric in a naturally dyed rainbow of grey, browns, greens, pinks, purples, yellow and orange lays on a wooden floor
Solari Handwoven Art Yardage by Jeannie Ortiz
Detail of Handwoven fabric in a naturally dyed rainbow of grey, browns, greens, pinks, purples, yellow and orange lays on a wooden floor
Solari Handwoven Art Yardage by Jeannie Ortiz
Detail of Handwoven fabric in a naturally dyed rainbow of grey, browns, greens, pinks, purples, yellow and orange lays on a wooden floor
Solari Handwoven Art Yardage by Jeannie Ortiz
Detail of Handwoven fabric in a naturally dyed rainbow of grey, browns, greens, pinks, purples, yellow and orange lays on a wooden floor
Solari Handwoven Art Yardage by Jeannie Ortiz
Detail of Handwoven fabric in a naturally dyed rainbow of grey, browns, greens, pinks, purples, yellow and orange lays on a wooden floor
Solari Handwoven Art Yardage by Jeannie Ortiz
Detail of Handwoven fabric in a naturally dyed rainbow of grey, browns, greens, pinks, purples, yellow and orange lays on a wooden floor
Solari Handwoven Art Yardage by Jeannie Ortiz
Detail of Handwoven fabric in a naturally dyed rainbow of grey, browns, greens, pinks, purples, yellow and orange lays on a wooden floor
Solari Handwoven Art Yardage by Jeannie Ortiz
Detail of Handwoven fabric in a naturally dyed rainbow of grey, browns, greens, pinks, purples, yellow and orange lays on a wooden floor
Solari Handwoven Art Yardage by Jeannie Ortiz
Detail of Handwoven fabric in a naturally dyed rainbow of grey, browns, greens, pinks, purples, yellow and orange lays on a wooden floor
Solari Handwoven Art Yardage by Jeannie Ortiz
Detail of Handwoven fabric in a naturally dyed rainbow of grey, browns, greens, pinks, purples, yellow and orange lays on a wooden floor
Solari Handwoven Art Yardage by Jeannie Ortiz
Detail of Handwoven fabric in a naturally dyed rainbow of grey, browns, greens, pinks, purples, yellow and orange lays on a wooden floor
Solari Handwoven Art Yardage by Jeannie Ortiz
Detail of Handwoven fabric in a naturally dyed rainbow of grey, browns, greens, pinks, purples, yellow and orange lays on a wooden floor
Solari Handwoven Art Yardage by Jeannie Ortiz
Detail of Handwoven fabric in a naturally dyed rainbow of grey, browns, greens, pinks, purples, yellow and orange lays on a wooden floor
Solari Handwoven Art Yardage by Jeannie Ortiz
Woman holding a shawl of many soft colors out behind her, she stands in the speckled light of a green orchard
Solari Handwoven Art Yardage by Jeannie Ortiz