My name is Sarah Minarik and I am a 40-year old mother of one. A foggy Bay Area native, I am constantly seeking shade in sunny San Diego. I have worked in public education, community building, sustainable supply-chains, marketing and business development. Most recently I was the Communications Director for the San Diego Mycological Society and I am back in school working on a dual degree in Graphic & Interaction Design. My passions are varied and are currently concentrated on orienteering, photography, natural dyeing, mycology, hiking, exploring and finding new places to nap.

 
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Iā€™m learning to live slower

To soak in sun rays and meditate on mycelium

Iā€™m finding ways to share the beauty I find in these slower moments

Because going slow is revolutionary in times where speed and productivity are revered

And our worth is only as much as our output

We are all inherently worthy of being

In our soft, stretched, scarred and wrinkled skin

And I want to honor our beingness by revering the tiny things

The things we miss when we go too fast

 

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View fullsize O N I O N S K I N S + S I L K +++ This COLOR! The depth of color from this kitchen scrap has me wanting to use onions in every damn meal :) +++ Fiber: Habotai and Raw Ahimsa Silk from @dharmatradingco Mordant: Symplocos cochinchinensis gathered
View fullsize E U C A L Y P T U S + S I L K +++ This is a fun one to experiment with. A range of colors are possible based on species, soil content, annual rainfall. More pink tones are possible for this one too. So while pink has never been my favorite color
View fullsize R O S E M A R Y + S I L K The dye bath turned this beautiful pink after about an hour of simmering, which was surprising. As I pulled out the fiber I was surprised again to get an olive green on the raw silk and a mauve on the habotai silk. So fasci
View fullsize M A R I G O L D + S I L K +++ Fiber: Habotai and Raw Ahimsa Silk from @dharmatradingco Mordant: Symplocos cochinchinensis gathered by indigenous women in Indonesia via @botanicalcolors Dye: Tagetes sp. collected from my garden and the garden of @
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View fullsize Another day, another way into the woods. I spend most of my time out in the world looking for 'dead' eucalyptus or oak trees or stumps. Seems like a bit of a depressing pursuit but there is life after death with the help of my favorite fungi. These
View fullsize With the rain brings the promise of more abundant days. I have a special foraging spot that has just started to bloom this week indicating that we're starting to catch-up on the rain we've been missing. I feel grateful each time I'm able to get out
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View fullsize Experiments with silk screens on raw silk printed with iron paste and dyed with pomegranate. Thanks to @plants_and_colour for your incredible resources and class! I'm learning new plant/mineral based printing skills thanks to her. She has a wonderfu
View fullsize Science is real. And it also makes cool art. Mordant painting experiments: Raw silk dyed with pigment extracted from pomegranates. Iron mordant mixed with guar gum to create a paste painted on. The iron reacts with the tannin in the pomegranate s
View fullsize I made into my first art show as a budding graphic designer! Come join me and my fellow San Diego + Tijuana designers for the inaugural @sddesignweek. Thank you @aigasandiego!!! I'm elated to be apart of this community! My collage will be projecte
View fullsize I'm dyeing in this summer heat! Since I consider this Winter in San Diego because I'm hibernating inside due to the heat, I'm getting into the 'Winter' spirit by heating up a dye pot of Wolf Lichen aka Letharia Vulpina and dyeing wool yarn. This dy
View fullsize I love the process that goes into the making of these beauties. My favorite part is that it all starts by getting dirty in the forest - my favorite pastime. Come see what happens on the other side of dirty finger nails and stinky mushroom dye pots a
View fullsize The generous members of @sdmyco showered me with the greatest birthday gift of all! 14 lbs of Omphalotus olivascens! I spent the afternoon processing them for solar dehydration which is an energy saving way to dry things out here in San Diego. Beca
View fullsize Lines. Lines. Lines. Rough sketches for a mural project. Recently listened to a webinar hosted by @yumisakugawa. She encourages us to be brave and persistent enough to make and share 'bad' art. I like this concept because it really releases the ten
View fullsize Oh heyyy! Popping back-up after a bit of sickness and sadness. Spending the day stirring dye-pots and editing photos. This little guy popped-up in front of my lens just as my knees were getting sore and the wind was starting to pick-up. I'm pretty
View fullsize Raw silk bandanas are fresh off the press! I am SO pleased with how these turned out. Fact: Silk is the OG QuickDry making these awesome for hiking. Fact: When you wear this you're wearing a hand-printed, raw silk scarf hand-dyed with locally-fora
View fullsize I'm dyeing to see this new color palette at the @moderntimesbeer Dark Market this Saturday ā˜ ļø Hand dyed with Omphalotus Olivascens x Logwood on silk. Come get witchy with me! #moderntimesbeer #darkmarket #naturaldye #mycopigments #fungus #fungi #mu
View fullsize I love how mosses show up in unexpected places. They inhabit the liminal space between the ground and our outermost perception. They wave to us from below, rebounding after we squish them mindlessly with our gigantic human feet. To be aware of mos
View fullsize My guiding principal at the moment. So I wrote it down and taped it to the wall. It works just as well for creativity as it does for honest communication as it does for mothering, activism, resume submissions, recipe making, getting dressed in the