Sargassum Harvest x Nature Spirit Herbs

On the Summer Solstice, we traveled to Crescent Bay and the Southern Oregon Coast to hand-harvest sargassum, a fast-growing brown seaweed commonly categorized as ocean waste.

Often considered invasive in some coastal ecosystems, sargassum grows in dense mats along the Northern California shoreline with minimal ecological consequence. Still, it can overwhelm shorelines, forming thick layers that block sunlight, lower oxygen levels, and disrupt native marine ecosystems. We kayaked into a protected cove and harvested 400 pounds of wet sargassum in a single pass, cutting no more than a quarter of the biomass and always leaving the holdfast. By gathering it from zones of heavy accumulation, we helped reduce its environmental impact and gave it new purpose.

In collaboration with Nature Spirit Herbs, the sargassum was processed into fine powders and blended with plant-based extracts to create the natural dye palette for this collection.

The colors in this season reflect the raw transitions of coastal life—what’s left behind, and what returns: Brine is a sun-faded beige, like dried salt and driftwood left after high tide. Quiet, softened, and bleached by time. Algae Green recalls tidal shallows thick with sea growth. A muted marine green with a silty, vegetal edge. Fish Food is the darkest tone, a deep brown drawn from decomposing kelp beds and weathered sea bark. Dense, organic, and earthy.

As shorelines shift and ecosystems adapt, we’re reminded that design can follow the same rhythm: take little, leave less.

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Thank you to Nature Spirit Herbs

Shot by Julien Sage