Blog: Dyeing Cloth, Stitching & Southern Family Recipes

Earth Day: Witnessing Survivance

I’m witnessing seeds of hope being created from profound pain and debilitating heart break at Material Institute in the 9th Ward of New Orleans.

The Penland Experience

Connect with the creative energy surrounding you to promote self-care. Penland School of Crafts has been a healing nurturing experience in my artistic life.

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Fiber Art by Carola

Carola Jones,
Indigenous
Studio Artist,
Writer, Visual
Educator &
Pow Wow Dancer

At five years old, seeing my grandmother and her mother hang wet green fabric on the clothesline that changed to blue in front of my bewildered eyes as it was blowing in the wind transfixed me. Indigo dyeing as historically practiced by indigenous people on the Coastal Plains of Carolina is both art and medicine. My passion is to share the multi-generational knowledge that I hold with others who want to experience the transformation of The Indigo Blues.

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