In the past year I’ve become interested in thrift shopping and upcyled clothing. I sell my upcycled clothing on Etsy. Too much fashion these days is disposable, and ends up in landfills. I try to give clothing that is still in good shape a second life, as well as providing people with one-of-a-kind wearable art.

One of my favorite techniques for upcycling plain clothing is to dye it, and my favorite dying technique is called ice dying. I cover the garment in ice (sometimes the clothing is wet, sometimes it is dry, depending on the look I am going for) and then sprinkle powdered dye on top. As the ice melts the dye dissolves and soaks into the clothing. The patterns are unpredictable and lovely – I love the surprise!

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Bright rainbow on cotton

Red and yellow and lace

Pink and red and purple explosion

Rainbow on frilly silk

Red, white, blue, and sparkles

Brown and black fire

This one looks like sherbert ice cream from my childhood

This one reminds me of the forest

The back of this shirt looks like the inside of a geode

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