materia botánica

The journey of Materia Botánica began as a research project focused on experimenting with the local plants, agricultural plant waste, and conventionally undervalued materials to extract pigments for dyeing clothing and artisanal textile objects. From the beginning, the guiding principle was the pursuit of true sustainability by creating a product with natural and local materials, reusing waste, supporting small workshops in their community, and creating a fully biodegradable product that, at the end of its lifecycle, could nourish the earth. 

When Almudena reached out to us, it felt like a kind of eureka moment, where the excitement of sourcing from a niche creator was palpable. You can read the full story of Materia Botánica on their webpage here.

Through a slow and deliberate process Materia Botánica create genderless, timeless, and durable clothing with the goal of making one of those garments that can be passed from one generation to the next. Through manual labor, they recover an understanding of materials, step away from fast, standardized, industrial processes, and reconnect with the natural rhythm of time and materiality. Each piece is hand dyed in their artisan atelier located in a rural area of Galicia, northwestern Spain. The plant dyeing process is totally unpredictable. Although these colors may appear less solid or uniform than synthetic dyes, the water effect shows that the color is alive and the irregularity of the pigment makes each garment one of a kind.