Goods of Conscience and Indigo Dyeing
October 4, 2011
Auralis - The Studio's Blog
Goods of Conscience and Indigo Dyeing
Thanks to my friend Evan from Taravat Kid who ever so kindly share her info. After a 2 hour train ride from Brooklyn to Castle Hill in the Bronx, I finally met father Andrew O’Connor from Goods of Concience.
Yes, this is a catholic priest that runs an indigo dye lab in the basement, a vegetable garden in the back yard and a beehive on the roof of an old convent adjacent to the church he runs. There is also a line of organic clothing and textiles he runs in Guatemala called Goods of Conscience. I love this bag! It was an incredible day today. Of course I took as many pictures as possible of the whole experience. Next week we will be documenting the process of getting our spring 12 Teal color. In order to get the desired blue shade we need to dye it with Indigo. I was planning of doing the indigo dyeing at the studio but, I don’t have the facilities in my studio to keep a live vat of it. So Francisco who is the dye guy at the church will be dyeing our fabric with Indigo, so we can then over dye it with green to get our Spring 12 Teal. It’s just like cooking but with colors, I love it! Father O’Connor even send us off with 2 bags of herbs and vegetables from the church’s garden. Recipes will follow later on my cooking blog.
