Photo by Saori Ichikawa White

Tomorrow Is Always New

Maki Teshima is a botanical dye textile artist from Japan, now based in Denver, Colorado. She explores the beauty of natural colors through her work and workshops, inspiring communities to connect with nature. She is passionate about natural pigments, repurposed materials, and traditional dyeing practices from Japan and beyond.

With a background in textile design in Osaka and New York City, Maki has worked on everything from socks, baby onesies to men’s and women’s clothing. Throughout her career, she has been fascinated by how colors, patterns, and designs in textiles can quickly transform human emotions.

Her notable projects include Musubi // Connections (2023), supported by The INSITE Fund at Redline Contemporary Art Center, collaborations with the interdisciplinary dance company Holdtight (2024), and her solo exhibition Botanical Stories at Understudy (2024).

Tomorrow Is Always New

artworks are

Eco- Conscious

The colors I use to dye with are all extracted from

trees, leaves, flowers, roots, and food waste.

They all come from the Earth and go back to the Earth.

Just like us.

One of a Kind

I hand dye, hand print and hand paint all artworks and products.

Each one of them are a unique piece of art.

Collaborations

Hemp/Cotton Blend Silver Fiber
Piedmont Fibershed in Durham, North Carolina generously gift to creators hemp/ cotton blend fibers as One Acre Exchange program. I dyed naturally and used them in new artworks, "Where are we from" series.

Upcyle Project with Aloha Picnic
I collaborate with the designer, Akiko, from Aloha Picnic in Brooklyn to reuse my naturally dyed leftover fabrics into fun clothes and products. These products are sold at once a month craft market, 4th street makers market in East village, NYC.

Collaboration with Kachi Therapeutics
Julian & Kate McNamara
The couple create botanical fragrances in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York. Julian is a compost master/ landscape designer as well. I collaborate with them to get food waste for dyeing. He also plants Japanese indigo at his compost site & at his private garden.

Collaboration with Parachute Home
Parachute Home is a home goods brand, who makes premium quality modern home goods collections. I made a tutorial video of Natural Indigo dyeing using their cotton totebags.

All goods are one of a kind

All goods are one of a kind

All goods are one of a kind

All goods are one of a kind

All goods are one of a kind

All goods are one of a kind

All goods are one of a kind

Hand Dyed

Hand Painted

Hand Printed

Photo by Saori Ichikawa White

Tomorrow Is Always New

artworks are

Eco- Conscious

The colors I use to dye with are all extracted from

trees, leaves, flowers, roots, and food waste.

They all come from the Earth and go back to the Earth.

Just like us.

One of a Kind

I hand dye, hand print and hand paint all artworks and products.

Each one of them are a unique piece of art.

Collaborations

Hemp/Cotton Blend Silver Fiber
Piedmont Fibershed in Durham, North Carolina generously gift to creators hemp/ cotton blend fibers as One Acre Exchange program. I dyed naturally and used them in new artworks, "Where are we from" series.

Upcyle Project with Aloha Picnic
I collaborate with the designer, Akiko, from Aloha Picnic in Brooklyn to reuse my naturally dyed leftover fabrics into fun clothes and products. These products are sold at once a month craft market, 4th street makers market in East village, NYC.

Collaboration with Parachute Home
Parachute Home is a home goods brand, who makes premium quality modern home goods collections. I made a tutorial video of Natural Indigo dyeing using their cotton totebags.

Photo by Saori Ichikawa White

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Tomorrow Is Always New

artworks are

Eco- Conscious

The colors I use to dye with are all extracted from

trees, leaves, flowers, roots, and food waste.

They all come from the Earth and go back to the Earth.

Just like us.

​

One of a Kind

I hand dye, hand print and hand paint all artworks and products.

Each one of them are a unique piece of art.

​

Collaborations

Hemp/Cotton Blend Silver Fiber Piedmont Fibershed in Durham, North Carolina generously gift to creators hemp/ cotton blend fibers as One Acre Exchange program. I dyed naturally and used them in new artworks, "Where are we from" series.

​Upcyle Project with Aloha Picnic I collaborate with the designer, Akiko, from Aloha Picnic in Brooklyn to reuse my naturally dyed leftover fabrics into fun clothes and products. These products are sold at once a month craft market, 4th street makers market in East village, NYC.

Collaboration with Parachute Home Parachute Home is a home goods brand, who makes premium quality modern home goods collections. I made a tutorial video of Natural Indigo dyeing using their cotton totebags.

Hemp/Cotton Blend Silver Fiber
Piedmont Fibershed in Durham, North Carolina generously gift to creators hemp/ cotton blend fibers as One Acre Exchange program. I dyed naturally and used them in new artworks, "Where are we from" series.

Upcyle Project with Aloha Picnic
I collaborate with the designer, Akiko, from Aloha Picnic in Brooklyn to reuse my naturally dyed leftover fabrics into fun clothes and products. These products are sold at once a month craft market, 4th street makers market in East village, NYC.

Collaboration with Parachute Home
Parachute Home is a home goods brand, who makes premium quality modern home goods collections. I made a tutorial video of Natural Indigo dyeing using their cotton totebags.