Because craft matters — Herderin featured at American Craft Council @craftcouncil #craft #americancraft #regenerativefashion #plantdyed #madeinsf

Intertwining: A story of the living world through material form — Two makers, business-owners, mothers — artfully transmuting land-based raw materials into simple yet luxurious sustainable goods. Megan Bre Camp of Summer Solace and Alix Vasquez of Herderin showcase what can be created with materials grown from our local landscapes, made to nurture both the body and spirit. Summer Solace, through regenerative tallow-based holistic skin care products, soaps and candles, and Herderin through qualitative, Climate Beneficial TM and organic clothing. At first glance it might not be easy to see the interconnectedness between these two makers, but as you begin to understand their stories, businesses, and deep values reflected in their products you will begin to see the intersectionality that lives right below the surface. One look at their work and you can feel the raw, innate beauty of the natural world embedded into every good — a true embodiment of the land itself. They are not only finding inspiration from the natural world but working with the natural gifts of the land and letting the materials speak for themselves; working not to completely alter the materials and producing something tangent to its origins, but really creating an extension of its original form. Herderin & Summer Solace Tallow for Fibershed, by @summmersolstice Link to article at Herderin.com / media #fibershed #summersolacetallow #herderin #regenerative

Maddie in Resonance Sweaterdress — US merino wool dyed in walnut. Lata Longsleeve in Texas-grown organic cotton around her waist. photo @camytotah for @the_livingarchive_ #herderin

Maxwell in Assymetrial Pleats Midi Sweaterdress — US merino wool plant-dyed in cutch photo @camytotah for @the_livingarchive_ #herderin

Natalia in Circadian Camisoul & Siana Flare — walnut-dyed silk charmeuse. Den Shirt in US organic cotton around her waist. photo @camytotah for @the_livingarchive_ #herderin #plantdyed

Layers — Walnut-dyed US merino wool sweaterdress with US organic cotton waffleknit at the waist. #herderin photo @arthuraphoto

Natalia in Circadian Camisoul & Siana Flare — plant-dyed silk in walnut Den Shirt in US organic cotton around her waist. #herderin photo @arthuraphoto

Maxwell in Asymmetric Pleats Sweaterdress — US Merino Wool plant-dyed in Cutch #herderin photo @arthuraphoto

one of the core human factory resets — nature #herderin

My interview with Alden Wickler of @ecocultcom is linked in my profile. We talk about inclusivity, regeneration, sustainability, and the Clothing The Self study. Tall Girls Deserve Natural Fibers, Too “I’ve gone inclusive. I tried to design for everyone: all genders, non-binary, everything. And I designed myself out of it.” Special thank you to Alden. Please check out her work at EcoCult.com and pick up her book, “To Dye For” @ecocultcom photo @mountainether

Allie Nugent — who will write papers and give talks with me, and even model. Herderin has truly been a community effort more than a brand initiative. It’s a practice that cannot be reduced to a commercial witnessing. It’s a way of feeling. #herderin #clothingtheself