Ashley Thayer

The chemistry of salt water, our own pH, the suction of a wave: the antihierarchy that nature presents is addressed by human perception through our endless, often abstract, narratives. By orchestrating the emotion of color and the rational geometry of quilts, Ashley Thayer creates striking visual abstractions to materialize such narratives. Ashley practices low immersion, vat dyeing, shibori, and various resist techniques used in Africa and India, allowing water to carry and resist marks on fiber. She uses reactive MX dyes, acid dyes, indigo, and natural dyes from botanicals foraged around her home in Los Angeles.

Ashley Thayer studied painting at RISD and has shown her work internationally. Her photographs have been printed by Foam Magazine and RVCA, her paintings utilized by Keep Company and Consolidated Skateboards, and she has taught indigo dyeing to students in the Bay Area. She recently studied with dyer/artist Elin Noble at Penland School of Crafts.