About

NÅDE ~ Danish for grace… this is our studio’s mission. To show grace to our Earth, to display grace to others, and practice grace from within on this ever evolving journey.

Maggie Pate the designer + artist behind Nåde Studio. She began her career in textile as international fashion model then retired to work for a clothing label in New York City. Her work in textiles is a cross-section that explores the synthesis of textures, botanical colors, and purpose over profit art campaigns. Though her studio location has moved across the continental USA over the years, it gives Maggie opportunity to learn about regional dye plants. Her current studio is in Hudson Valley, NY and the Berkshires.

The last few years, her focus has shifted to cultivating a studio that is 100% sustainable and eco-friendly through capturing color with plants grown in her dye garden and regional forages as well as collections of food waste from local restaurants and farms. In June 2018, she release her first book with Page Street Publishing - The Natural Colors Cookbook, which explores capturing color with food waste and pantry basics. Making natural dyeing and sustainable colors accessible to all was the main focus of the book. 

While she continues to explore natural dyeing and botanical printing, Maggie has extended the NÅDE STUDIO line to include naturally dyed home goods, clothing, and accessories. Through Feed Weave - custom fiber installations & weavings, she continues to illustrate the waste nature of the food industry while advocating for slow craft and fighting food waste & hunger. Exploring seasonal and local hues by creating plant based paints.

PRESENT + PAST EXHIBITS

National Museum of Women in the Arts - Washington D.C. (current)

Pigments Revealed Symposium Exhibit (2022)

Local Nomad - Phoenix, Arizona (2020)

Glasswing - Seattle, Washington (2018)

Annie Hanks Studio - Chattanooga, Tennessee (2018)

TEACHING PARTNERSHIPS

Berkshire Botanical Gardens - West Stockbridge, Mass

West Kortwright Centre - East Meredith, NY

Sanborne Mills Farm - Loudon, NH

Greenhouse Glasswing - Seattle, WA

Poketo - Los Angelos, CA

NOTABLE FEATURES

New York Times

Where Women Create

Folk Magazine

Dinette Magazine

Gardenista

Domino Magazine

GRANTS + RESIDENCIES

MakeWork Artist Grant - Lyndhurst Foundation

Vida Nueva - Teotilan, Oaxaca, Mexico - 2018