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Rebeccasaylorstudio

I'm Rebecca, textile artist and natural dye expert teaching and practicing my art in beautiful Petaluma.

05/29/2026

Studio days… sometimes

04/17/2026

Craftcation!!!! Every year, I search my brain and studio to find something to share with the creative community at the magical land of Ventura. 2026 was the year of making watercolors from earth pigments. The class sold out. 42 people were on the waitlist. And I had a bit of a time in my feelings about it :)
For everyone who made it into the room — WE HAD THE BEST TIME. 🎨✨
First of all we had the best class volunteers. We had snacks (Trader Joe’s, obviously), a playlist with chill vibes, and two hours of making color from plants and the earth together. Every single person walked away with at least 6 watercolors they made from scratch with their own hands & contributed to a giant pile of community colors we shared and added to our collections!
It was an unexpected reward for this class, we all worked together and it’s one of my favorite things i’ve ever done in a class setting.
These moments are why I work so hard behind the scenes, testing my classes endlessly and observing how I can help make each lesson resonate. It’s all worth it the moment the room fills up and people start seeing their custom colors appear on the glass.
To everyone who was on the waitlist: Thank you for your patience as I navigated the overwhelming response to my class and I promise I’m working on bringing this to more of us in the future!
To my Craftcation class of 2026: thank you for your generosity, your curiosity, your energy, and for trusting me with your afternoon. You were the best!!!!
📍 Craftcation 2026, Ventura CA
🎨 Natural Earth Pigment Watercolor Making
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03/11/2026

Let’s make pigment & paint! What can be done with all the leftover dye baths? Come along this week in the studio to turn our dyes into pigments. Pigments aren’t soluble in water so we have to add things to our dye baths to physically change them. Once the dye becomes a pigment then we can make so many more art supplies! My current textiles are curing for the next couple of weeks so I’m filling my studio days with pigment making.

03/08/2026

First color forage of the season! Around here in the first part of the year we are covered in wild mustard blooms. I always wondered if they would produce color. On textiles it’s a soft green leaning yellow and as a watercolor it’s bold and vibrant! It’s so fun to get out in my local environment and find materials for my art.

01/23/2026

Welcome to my new Substack series titled: Friday Field Trip. Join me as we journey to the English Countryside observing and thinking about the color stories that emerge from this ancient landscape. Also excited to begin sharing some voice memos with you. The idea is that it’s a prompt for us to talk and think about things in n life that feel inspiring. Feel free to send me a voice memo in return! I’ve linked this Substack in my profile. Tell me your thoughts!

07/05/2025

✨ Red, White and Blue?✨
What does it even mean in 2025 to feel “patriotic”? Is it seeing the colors of the flag and feeling something? Is it supporting our armed forces and those who are commissioned to protecting us? Those who are elected to make decisions for us? What does it mean to you? I focus on color and what is the history of our colors and sharing that with you today feels like what is meaningful to me.

The United States flag’s official Pantone colors are Old Glory Red (193 C) and Old Glory Blue (281 C)—I’ve been on a mission to recreate these iconic hues using only natural dyes.⁠ Pantone is a chemical and industrial color system so creating the colors with natural materials is never going to be a 1:1 comparison.
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My red was a journey of layers, coaxing cool tones from madder root and warmth from cochineal. The blue? Indigo, of course— I chose a Japanese indigo organically made in my studio and dipped over days to find that rich navy depth.⁠
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I’m not here to replicate perfection, but to explore how color lives and breathes through organic materials. These swatches might not be an exact Pantone match, but they breathe with life, history, and showcase my own hands.⁠
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I’m thinking a lot about what it means to reinterpret color through natural materials—and what new meaning emerges when we make something by hand.⁠
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Would love to hear your thoughts on what colors you associate with your own sense of place or belonging. 💙❤️

06/18/2025

Friends! Neighbors! Let’s take an art break!! We are dealing with so much in life, we deserve some time for ourselves, don’t we? Come out Thursday June 19th anytime after 5pm and let’s create something beautiful together!! has out together a wonderful clay mini project for us this month and we have supplies for a variety of other wonderful things. Will we see you there? Refreshments will be served!

03/17/2025

🌸 Spring 2025: Let’s Create Together! 🎨✨
Hi Hello 👋 Spring has sprung, and I’m beyond excited to share a jam-packed season of creative events—both in the studio and beyond! From free community art breaks to hands-on workshops, there are so many fun things happening. Hope to see you out and about!

🌿 Upcoming Highlights: 🎨 FREE Community Art Break – Kicking off this Thursday! Join me for a meditative watercolor session or bring your own project. 👜 SF Ferry Building Art Workshop (Sunday) – Make your own cotton rope bag charm (supplies provided!). ❤️ Night of Ideas at SF Public Library (April 5th) – Experience my revived 6’ Huggable Heart, recreated with plant-dyed fabric! 🎟️ Craftcation Conference in Ventura (April 23-27th) – A few very limited tickets remain!
I’d love to see you at one of these events—let’s make this spring a creative one! 🌿✨

08/18/2024

This past week in studio was a bit of a struggle for me to get into a good flow of working on projects, doing commissions work and planning for the holiday season. But I managed to figure it out and make progress!
We also had a wonderful photographer come to the Barn to snap some pics for the Barn website and I took advantage lol She snapped some more pics and I didn’t need anymore photos of myself but I’ll share them with you 🙂
I’ve been having so much fun teaching my organic Indigo dye workshops and I’ve added more dates for the next month so sign up if you want to come to the studio and learn 🙂 Only $99
Hope to see you soon!!!

07/30/2024

Hi Hello!! I’m back from Scotland. I immediately got sick - so fun lol I did a project with SF Etsy: San Francisco Bay Area Etsy Team at the Ferry Building and totally forgot to tell you I have a workshop scheduled for Saturday at my studio! There are a few more spots open so join us! August 3, 2024 10a -12pm it will be hella fun 🤩

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