Katrina Rodabaugh

Katrina Rodabaugh is an award-winning artist and author working across disciplines to explore environmental and social issues through craft techniques. Currently, she focuses on sustainable fashion through her work with mending, plant dyes, and sustainable design in her ongoing art project, Make Thrift Mend. Katrina is the author of three books including Make Thrift Mend: Stitch, Patch, Darn, Plant-Dye & Love Your Wardrobe (Abrams, 2021); Mending Matters: Stitch, Patch, and Repair Your Favorite Denim & More (Abrams, 2018) and The Paper Playhouse: Awesome Art Projects for Kids Using Paper, Boxes, and Books (Quarry 2015). Katrina's artwork, writing, and designs have appeared in numerous books, magazines, websites, newspapers, galleries, theaters, and alternative art venues across the United States and beyond. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing and her BA in Environmental Studies having spent many years working in nonprofit arts organizations. She lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for over a decade but currently resides in the Hudson Valley of NY in an 1820s farmhouse with her husband, sons, chickens, honeybees, and many dye plants. For more information visit: www.katrinarodabaugh.com or Instagram: katrinarodabaugh