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Sarah Bellos of Stony Creek Colors recognized for regionally-sourced natural dye colorants and pigments.
Sarah Bellos, founder and president of Stony Creek Colors, has been named the 2014 recipient of the AATCC Young Entrepreneur Award.
She is being recognized for producing regionally-sourced natural dye colorants and pigments for industrial use. Bellos partnered with Mark Cooley to create Stony Creek Colors in 2012, and her current work involves coordinating natural dye production with specialty crops (such as indigo and black walnut) at three farms in Tennessee and Kentucky.
She will receive the award at the AATCC International Conference, held March 24-26 in Savannah, Ga.