Indigo Spell A community indigo dye workshop and amassing installation of prayers for collective transformation.  

indigo: a natural dye extracted from the leaves of some plants of the Indigofera genus, in particular Indigofera Tintoria  

spell: a spoken word or form of words held to have magic power 

In this hybrid community experience participants become familiar with the steps and nuance of creating a fermented indigo sugar dye vat while meditating on what personal and collective transformation they desire to bring forth in our shared world. The insights will be written on small flags, charging the indigo vat these intentions, witnessing the transformation of color as a symbol of personal and collective transmutation. Participants will keep their talisman of personal metamorphosis, while the prayer flags for the collective will continue on with the project, accumulating into an amassing collective art installation. Participants are encouraged to bring a few items of used clothing/textiles to charge in the vat while experimenting with dye, folding, and tie techniques, breathing new life into apparel, consciously and creatively rebelling against the capitalist driven, environmentally destructive culture of fast fashion.

Sulai Lopez is an interdisciplinary artist using textiles and natural dyes as a medium for community connection. Finding relationship between the alchemy of plant material into color and the processing of grief and trauma into growth and healing, her workshops invite participants to create intention of what they wish to transform within themselves and the world while learning the steps to create beautiful color fast textiles using natural dyes. Most recently her natural dye research brought her to the Amazonian rainforest in Brazil where she worked with Huni Kuin master artisans from 6 neighboring villages on how to colorfast their home grown and spun cotton thread using all jungle foraged materials.

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