Seed 2 Runway Workshops
We Are The Culture We Wear!
Indigenous Fashion Textiles
Created Using Natural Dyes & Pigments
We Are The Culture We Wear Online & In-Person Workshops
Indigenous Geechee Indigo & Natural Dyeing Traditional Practices Transferred To Me As A 5th Gen Child on Johns Island, SC | Facilitator: Indigenous Teaching Artist ~ Carola Jones >> NC Toisnot Skaru:re | FL Seminole | Johns & Kiawah Islands, SC Geechee
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The Seed 2 Runway Project
The Seed 2 Runway Project
The Seed 2 Runway Project was conceived at Mount Royal University by Spirit River Striped Wolf and Patricia May-Derbyshire as part of Otaphiaaki Fashion Week in Calgary, Alberta. The goals are to provide a space, knowledge and healing for First Nations BIPOC to learn, teach, share, and heal by reconnecting with sustainable land-based practices in a nurturing intertribal community.
Workshop #1 Indigo Wool Marriage Blanket
Online Session Begins Full Moon August 19, 2024 = $150 USD
Includes indigo dye supplies mailed free in USA & Canada + 4 weeks of LIVE Zoom instruction + Q&A support + Projects taken from blank cloth to finished product
How to Create an Indigo Blue
Courting or Marriage Wool Blanket
Algonquin Eastern Woodlands Cultural Tradition
From Toisnot Skaru:re Knowledge Keepers &
Johns & Kiawah Islands Geechee Indigo Practices
Description
Supply List
Hand-Dyed Eastern Woodlands Wool Blanket
Image on left: "Binding Up The Blues" is a textiles "survivance" strategy practiced by Indigenous Needle & Piece Goods Fiber-making women who held onto small batch indigo and natural dyeing techniques as medicine on the Sea Islands near the port of Charleston. Using materials forged from the land, indigo medicine work was commonly done on the new moon and full moon. For rural people living on the land, the phases of the moon are markers of time. The darkness of the new moon represents new beginnings by focusing intentions on short and long-term goals. The full moon is about positive energy, light, love, "what if" possibilities, hope for better days, and the pleasures of life.
Images of Algonquin Wool Blankets Created In Other Workshops
Workshop #2 Indigo Medicine Clothes
How to Create Indigo Dyed Medicine Clothes
From Toisnot Skaru:re Knowledge Keepers &
Johns & Kiawah Islands Geechee Indigo Practices
From Toisnot Skaru:re Knowledge Keepers &
Johns & Kiawah Islands Geechee Indigo Practices
Description
Supply List
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Sage Paul Cardinal Teachings
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Community
Decolonization
Creating With Purpose
Wearing Culture Every Day
Authenticity
Intertribal Sharing
Sustainability
Eco-Friendly
Seminole Wool Bandolier Bag
Individual Choice Between Indigo or Pomegranate
Learn to Make a Wool Seminole Bandolier Bag. This project is a bonus, where we dye wool in indigo or pomegranate, neither of which requires a mordant. The experience of using these dyes is another tool to dye wool on your natural dye journey. Our goal in the project is to create a solid color blue or brown that we can embellish with embroidery and beads. A detailed guided demonstration of hand sewing will be provided, along with a needle. We will meet online in a dedicated space on an educational platform, and finish all workshop projects as a community. The bag can be embellished with iconography from your tribal communities. Finished examples will be explained. ***NOTE: To complete this project bring an extra meter of wool fabric.
Florida Ethnographic Collection at the Florida Museum of Natural History
Left: Bandolier bag, Seminole, wool yarn, wool, brass, glass beads, ca. 1830s-1840s, 25.0” long, 17.0” wide (E-598). Bottom: Detail of Strap from Wandering Bull Website.
Dyed Wool Yarn
Madder ~ Indigo ~ Pomegranate ~ Turmeric ~ Marigold
Madder ~ Indigo ~ Pomegranate ~ Turmeric ~ Marigold
Participants will learn how to dye wool yarn using madder, marigold, and turmeric, which need a mordant. We will experience dyeing wool yarn in indigo and pomegranate that do NOT require a mordant. Detailed demonstration will be shared. We will work online as a community to complete all projects after the workshop.
