Felt the Sun

Links

•  Black Mesa Weavers for Life and Land

• Fibershed Project

• Backtracks, LLC
  

• Berkeley Ecology Center
  

• Rock the Bike
  

• Paige Green Photography
  
  

 Washed, raw wool

drying on my roof

       A native of the California East Bay, Katharine spent six years in Arizona, working on the Navajo Nation in health education, and helping with sheepherding and farming. 

      Surrounded by an abundance of wool, Katharine became the artisan behind Felt the Sun, a collection of felt apparel made from Navajo and Bay Area wool, and understands her felt practice as a creative form of "direct action" that builds reciprocal and honorable relationships to serve practical needs.

      Katharine holds a BS in Political Economy and is a graduate of the Women's Initiative for Self-Employment. Now back home in the Bay Area, she lives out what she learned on the Navajo Nation.

      She is a participating artisan in the Fibershed Project and founding member of the Yerba Buena Institute which teaches craft-based ecological knowledge of the Bay Area. Through Black Mesa Weavers for Life and Land, she works to bridge between cosmopolitan and indigenous fiber artisans.