STUDIO 24: Compost Colors with Sasha Duerr In-Person
Compost Colors - Creating Zero-waste + Place-based Palettes with Weeds, Waste + Everyday Wonder
Inspired by recipes in Sasha’s books "Natural Color" + "Natural Palettes", you will learn to make a range of natural dye colors and holistic hues from by-products of your favorite meal, farmer’s market, or even ingredients found in your very own backyard or urban sidewalk.
In this two hour workshop, we'll make and curate a truly unique and authentic color palette made entirely from waste. We’ll learn to create vibrant natural color recipes from scratch and make saturated samples of plant-based hues from everyday bi-products from food and floral waste- highlighting awe in the everyday. Sasha will share helpful materials, methods, tools and techniques for all skill levels as we "cook with color.” Students will create a beautiful palette of samples and a larger take-home textile.
*An abundance of helpful resources and plant-based color recipes will be shared upon completion of our class. Ages 14 and up.
Craft Studio
Boulder Public Library presents Craft Studio in STUDIO 24! During this 3-month focus (November - January), Craft Studio is dedicated to exploring the joy of making things by hand. Classes will invite participants to slow down, engage deeply, and rediscover the beauty of tactile creation. From weaving and woodworking to natural dyeing and paper arts, Craft Studio celebrates time honored techniques that foster mindful creativity and meaningful community.
- Date:
- Sunday, Nov 9 2025
- Time:
- 12:30pm - 2:30pm
- Location:
- STUDIO 24 Classroom, NoBo Library, Makerspace STUDIO 24
- Audience:
- Ages 12 to 18 Ages 18+
- Categories:
- Make & Create
Maker In Residence
Sasha Duerr is an artist, designer, and educator who works with plant-based color and natural palettes. Sasha centers her practice and research on the collaborative color potential of weeds, food and floral waste, and local and seasonal ingredients. Teaching for over a decade at California College of Arts with a joint appointment in Textiles and Fine Arts, Sasha lectures, consults and widely designs curriculum and courses in the intersection of natural color, slow food, slow fashion and social practice. In 2007, Sasha founded the Permacouture Institute to encourage the exploration of regenerative design practices for fashion and textiles. From "Dinners to Dye For" to "Weeding Your Wardrobe" and "Seasonal Color Wheels" her extensive work with plant-based color palettes has been featured in the New York Times, American Craft Magazine, Domino, Elle Decor Uk, Selvedge, and the Huffington Post. Sasha is the author of The Handbook of Natural Plant Dyes (Timber Press/Workman 2011), NATURAL COLOR (Watson-Guptill/Ten Speed Press 2016), and NATURAL PALETTES (Princeton Architectural Press 2020).
This new Maker-In-Residence program is made possible with funding from the Boulder Library Foundation. The Foundation organizes local philanthropic support for innovation, capital improvements, creativity, and expanded outreach and literacy for Boulder's Libraries. 
This class will be at the STUDIO 24 Makerspace in the NoBo Library. Here are directions and parking information for the NoBo Library. Our Makerspace classes often have long waitlists. We sincerely hope that you can attend, but if you are for some reason unable to, please cancel your registration ASAP so that one of the people on our waiting list can take your place in the class. You can cancel by going back to your confirmation email and following the link.
All makerspace patrons are expected to adhere to makerspace and library rules and policies. All users and visitors must agree to and sign the Acknowledgment of Risk and Release Form each visit before entering the space.