“Pollination” - Spring Harvest Pollen was a natural progression of materially, from working with regenerative materials concepts: fungi, algae, and fermentation. Pollen, as a building block of nature, felt like a meaningful next step towards a material dye concept that could be restorative and done in your own backyard. This spring Olderbrother collaborated with Eli’s Bee Company (of The Santa Monica Mountains) to harvest bee pollen as our dying material. We selected 16 beehives located in Topanga to closely monitor their pollen collection. Our colors this season are derived from the foundational pollinators of the chaparral landscape, Ceanothus, Black Sage, Toyon, and Laurel Sumac. + Our landscape: 16 beehives to limit density and minimize impact on wild insects + System: Collecting every 3 days + Alternating Pollen Collection Weekly + Duration 3 months + Production Value: 6lbs per day at peak production Link in bio to learn more Special thanks to @elisbees @jack.bool @jarodtaber