Resurgent Rhizomes: Knotweed and Dyeing Invasive Histories

Textile Arts Center (TAC) is a NYC-based resource facility dedicated to raising awareness and understanding of textiles through creative educational programs for children and adults. At TAC, we aspire to unite the textile community and advocate for the handmade by providing accessible, skills-based classes that reinvigorate engagement with traditional crafts.

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A textile dyeing workshop with Work-In-Progress resident Dayeon Jeong

Resurgent Rhizomes invites participants into a shared natural dyeing process with Reynoutria japonica (Japanese knotweed), an herbaceous plant native to East Asia, carried across colonial trade routes and now classified as a global invasive species.With pre-harvested local material, color will be extracted from leaves, stems, and roots in a communal dyebath. Through shifting pH, we will observe how the dye moves across a spectrum of yellow to orange and reds.Wool and silk, familiar textiles historically used in lining and uniform, will be provided as surfaces shaped by export economies and institutional dress. Like knotweed, these materials reveal how colonial logics re-emerge, persistently reasserting themselves in everyday structures.Participants are invited to engage in making and observation, reflecting on how modernity is worn and negotiated through process rather than instruction. ABOUT THE ARTIST:정다연 Dayeon Jeong (b. Los Angeles, CA) is a New York-based conceptual artist working across textiles, printed matter, installation and experimental costume design.Her ongoing research and material practice engages patternmaking and safflower dyeing to explore Korean historiography, colonial cartography and textile tradition. She is interested in how bodies and sites are mapped and remembered across personal and imperial scales.Dayeon earned her BFA in Fashion Design from Pratt Institute in 2024, where she was a Geraldine Stutz Scholar. Her thesis collection, When the Moon Waxes Red, was showcased at Powerhouse Arts and featured in publications including Hypebeast, Vogue Runway and Fashionista. Her performance and theater costumes have been staged in productions at HERE Arts Center and The Tank. Most recently, she received the Windgate Fellowship as a 2025 Visual Arts Fellow at the Vermont Studio Center. Textile Arts Center’s <a href="https://textileartscenter.com/artist-opportunities/work-in-progress/?mc_cid=9d5e7a141a&mc_eid=UNIQID" title="https://textileartscenter.com/artist-opportunities/work-in-progress/?mc_cid=9d5e7a141a&mc_eid=UNIQID" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Work in Progress (TAC WIP)</a> is a window into the studio practice of contemporary artists and designers that engages the public in a dialogue with the field of textiles.⁠

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