Creating a Sacred Dye Space

Part of this challenge is intentionally creating a dedicated space for natural dyeing as a way of acknowledging to myself that I’ve let go of childhood trauma. Proving to myself that I can bring order to the chaos of living in my Momma’s house. My plan is to build a small space devoted to experimentation and creative ritual. My dedicated spaces will be:

A porch.
A table under a carport.
A kitchen corner.
A laundry room.
A sunny window.

My June studio practice will include:

• Daily dye baths
• Preparing and mordanting fibers
• Keeping color journals
• Recording recipes and plant combinations
• Observing how sunlight and time affect color
• Sharing process photographs and reflections
• Honoring slowness as a creative practice

This Is About More Than Color

Indigenous Geechee Gullah natural dyeing teaches relationship. Relationship to land. To water. To weather. To plants. To ancestors. To memory. To time itself.

Some colors will fail. Some jars will mold. Some experiments will surprise us completely. That is part of the process. The goal is not perfection. The goal is participation.

Join the Challenge

Whether you are an experienced textile artist or someone dyeing your very first piece of cloth, you are welcome. Come gather around natural colors from the land. Come spend June learning how sunlight stains memory into fabric. Come celebrate Juneteenth through making. Come create thirty days of living color rooted in Carolina Low Country Indigenous Geechee Gullah traditions of resilience, creativity, and transformation.