Dr. Paul Waller

A nurse by academic preparation, an outdoor enthusiast by inclination, and a fiber artist by avocation, Dr. Paul Waller shared his developing expertise in dyeing with natural materials, presenting “Natural Dyes and Dyeing with a Bow to Archaeology”.

He has dabbled in fiber arts (knitting, crocheting, sewing, quilting, spinning, weaving, and most recently dyeing) for nearly 50 years.

A member of the Native Plant Society of Texas, he blends his love and appreciation of nature and the outdoors with the distinctly human fiber arts.
Having collected a variety of natural materials and used them in dyeing fibers, he will share some of his learning, successes, and failures, along with examples of the exciting results available from use of natural materials. Paul explored with us some of the possibilities, techniques, and inquisitiveness that may have guided our human ancestors in their own fiber ‘arts’ pursuits.