Zoe McDonell
Zoe McDonell is a textile artist specializing in natural dyeing using plants, windfall lichens, and mushrooms from the forest. She has been teaching workshops and giving lectures and demonstrations on historical textile techniques for over 20 years. When not teaching, Zoe is an ecologist and studies how forest communities can be more effectively managed to conserve them. She lives with her husband and children on the west coast of Canada. Please visit Zoe’s website to learn more about natural dyeing: Wildcraft DyeingCategory: Indigenous Ways
Upcoming Programs by Zoe McDonell
2025 Indigenous Ways of Knowing: Two Eyed Seeing
Also With Nadine McSpadden
April 25 - 27, 2025
Participants will be introduced to the notion of Two Eyed Seeing. This is a perspective that takes Indigenous knowledge and merges it with science. This way of viewing the world sees how both perspectives can complement each other and can impact the way in which we forage, connect with land and place and create dyes that are not harmful to the environment.