Indigo Memory: Sacred Patterns in Motion

On-Demand Workshop Series | $49.95 each or $299 for all 7

Step into a world where cloth becomes a canvas of culture, spirit, and story.

In this immersive on-demand workshop series, you’ll learn to create resist-dyed textile patterns inspired by the sacred design languages of the Gullah Geechee and Contentnea Creek Homeland traditions. Rooted in the teachings of my ancestors and passed through generations, these motifs speak of waterways, dances, grief and healing, cosmic cycles, and the resilient threads that bind our communities.

Each workshop focuses on one distinct pattern, blending hands-on techniques, cultural storytelling, personal reflection, and time-honored textile practices. Whether you're a seasoned dyer or a beginner drawn to heritage craft, you'll come away with a deeper connection to the stories beneath the surface of every design.

This is more than craft; this is memory work, resistance work, and legacy keeping.

Binding Up The Blues Designs Transferred To Me
On Daniel Hill & East Wilson, NC & Johns Island, SC

🔷 Available Workshops – $49.95 each:

Ancestor Bones

Bold, fractured marks symbolizing the bones of those who came before us. Honoring lineage, survival, and the ways we carry memory in our bodies.

Round Dance

The traditional circle dances of the Indigenous Southeastern Woodlands people inspire spiral and circle-based folds. They reflect movement, unity, rhythm, and joy.

Little Canoe

Linear patterns echo the ancestral journeys through the waterways of the Algonquin people living along the Carolinas' coast. This is a meditation on movement, migration, and return.

DJ’s Sacred Circles

Concentric rings layered with intention. Inspired by my mother, this design holds space for meditation, presence, and spiritual connection.

Spider Woman

A cross-cultural design that pays homage to Gullah Geechee weavers and the broader Indigenous tradition of Spider Woman, the creative protector, knowledge keeper, and story weaver.

Binding Up the Blues (Improv)

This is an improvisational resist-dye session centered on healing through spontaneity, gesture, and embodied memory. Let go, bind the cloth, and release.

Yoruba Adire – Low Country Style

A fusion workshop exploring the connections between West African Yoruba Adire techniques and Gullah Geechee Low Country aesthetics. Cloth as a cultural bridge.

What You’ll Learn:

• How to prepare and fold cloth using traditional and contemporary resist-dyeing techniques

• Cultural, spiritual, and historical context for each motif

• How to create meaningful, symbolic designs using string, stitch, fold, and bound resist methods

• Ways to connect your personal story with ancestral patternwork

• Tips for working with natural indigo and plant-based dyes

Workshop Curriculum:

Each workshop includes:

• A 1.5–2 hour video lesson (on-demand)

• PDF guide with step-by-step pattern instructions

• Stories and teachings about the origin and meaning of the motif

• Journal prompts to connect intention to practice

• A bonus Q&A clip with reflections from the artist/educator

Bundle Offer – All 7 Workshops for $299 (Save $50!)

Keep the legacy alive with full access to all seven on-demand workshops. Receive a bonus resource bundle when you enroll in the complete series:

• Digital Indigo Intention Symbols printable

• Access to a private Q&A discussion group

• Invitation to a future live Zoom meet-up and show & share