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Kayla Powers is a weaver and natural dyer living and working in Detroit, Michigan. Her work is focused on local, natural color from plants foraged from around the city.  Preservation of the traditional crafts of weaving and dyeing are at the heart of Kayla’s work. She is inspired by the limitations of a seasonal palette and the utilitarian nature of woven cloth. Kayla began Salt Textile Studios in 2017 as a way to bring other textile artists together. 

"When I visited Guatemala, I was really interested in the textiles woven on a backstrap loom that were long panels sewn together. For this piece, I used a rigid heddle loom, and all natural fibers (cotton, linen, silk, and wool) dyed with plants and I wove narrow strips and stitched them together in a similar way. " artist statment.

Kayla Powers