Colors of the Frontier

Poetry Scarves. Using such natural dyes as madder root (garnet red), chamiso (yellow-rabbitbrush), cochineal (burgandy-Mexican cactus bugs), cota (gold-Navaho tea), rust (brown-gold), and sunflowers (yellow-green), I combine color and poetry to create Wordful Wearables. I teach introductory dye workshops at schools, museums, and art galleries. This fiber art connects me to my ancestors. I imagine my great-great grandmother Gertrudis Vigil Bustos wandering the prairie near here harvesting Chamiso with her sisters.

Dora Hyder examines her indigo dyed silk scarf at El Pueblo History Museum dye workshop.