A Dye & Design House · Grand Rapids, MI
Color is how we remember who we were before we stopped wearing it.
More ∞ Joy transforms garments — and the humans wearing them — through dash-dyeing, somatic portraiture, and the practice of making imperfect, healing art.
More ∞ Joy is a studio, a practice, and an invitation. We believe artwork is work. Color is not decoration — it is communication.
How To Begin
A Few Ways
Into Color
Read Something
Stories in Vivid Color
Selah as the Cedar Waxwing, Nickole as the Eagle, each color combination tells a story rich with meaning. Read how each look came together.
Make Something
Dash-Dye with Your Hands
Powdered pigment. Natural fiber. Water. No expectations. This will be the most meditative hour you’ll have this week — and you take something beautiful home.
Wear Something
Shop
the Collection
Activated Dyes crafted to transform what’s already in your closet with just a dash and a little creativity to find the pattern that’s hidden beneath
Our 150 Colors
Find Your Perfect Rainbow
Color is not decoration. It is information — about who you are, what you carry, and how you want to move through the world. This is your guide to understanding color and building a palette that is unmistakably yours.
The Foundation
Fixing ourselves with color
The Philsophy
Chromatic Kintsugi
Traditional kintsugi repairs broken pottery with gold, honoring the break as part of the story. Chromatic Kintsugi does the same with color and cloth.
We fill the places where life has split us open with pigment instead of shame — because the seams deserve to be seen, not hidden.
Your garment can hold the stains. So can you.
The Garment
Clothing can give you a hug. It can forgive you by making space for the stains that will come. An imperfect piece is a practiced piece — it has lived.
The Practice
When your hands are in the making — the dyeing, the stitching, the choosing of color — you stop being a consumer of fashion and become its author.
The Person
You are not a mistake. Your body is not a problem to dress around. The right color doesn't hide you — it reveals you. That's what More ∞ Joy is here to help you find.
From the Portraits
Every color is someone's story!
Be Seen
Power Portrait Sessions
Our power portrait sessions are a way for you to be seen. You dress up in colors that make you feel good, and we photograph what your body does when it feels free.
Somatic, joyful, yours.
Shauna Thompson
These photos are the definition of joy!
Bee Zuhl
OBSESSED!!! Love seeing your creative shine, my friend!
Momo Gueye
Thank you sincerely, I don't even have the words to express myself. Thank you again, it was truly a pleasure to have worked with you.
Understand Our 150 Colors
Color resources to guide you!
Learn
Understand Your Colors
Color psychology, history, and tools to find the hues that belong to you. Find resources that light you up and keep you coming back for more.
Undertone
Whether a color leans warm (toward orange/yellow) or cool (toward blue/violet). Two reds can look completely different based on undertone alone — one forward and vibrant, one deep and mysterious.
Chroma
From soft (muted, earthy, toned-down) to clear (vivid, saturated, pure). Soft chroma colors feel grounded and wearable. Clear chroma colors feel bold and gem-like. Both are beautiful in the right context.
