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After over a decade in New York City, Amanda sought to escape the city's hustle and reconnect with the natural world in rural Alabama. With a background in sustainable fashion and fine art from the Parsons School of Design, she leverages her creativity to foster meaningful engagement with oneself and the environment. Inspired by motherhood, Amanda’s recent work delves into the theme of longevity through botanical dye alchemy. Her goal is to create naturally dyed items that encourage reflection on our deep connection with ourselves, man-made objects, and nature. Botanical colors resonate with the rhythm of our lives and celebrate the living world around us. Amanda enjoys the process of recycling textiles with natural dyes, finding multiple layers of meaning in this practice. These botanically dyed textiles evolve uniquely in coloration and/or saturation with each owner's life journey, mirroring life’s perpetual cycle of renewal. As one of her favorite quotes by Patti Smith says, "The only thing you can count on is change."