INDIGO GOING TO SEED
We harvested our crop and put the indigo in buckets of water before the first frost of the season. The flowers will eventually mature in water to bare seed for next year.

STORING OUR DRIED INDIGO
I sewed and silkscreen printed bags to store the dried indigo until we compost in the Spring.
October 2009

My indigo partner, Bobby and I began our harvest at the crack of dawn!

Our indigo is ready to harvest!


Bobby taking quick cuts at the indigo plant 3-4 inches from it's base


My indigo scarecrow - japanese boro jacket, shibori scarf and 20's style felt hat


The Polygonum Tinctorium's distinguishing ocrea - it's so beautiful!


Fish bin full of our cuttings


All of the cuttings were put in the back of my truck - we harvested 360 lbs


En route to our greenhouse space for drying in Charlotte, Vermont


Indigo cuttings from my truck into our cart - destination greenhouse for drying


The wondrous greenhouse


360 lbs of indigo on drying beds

HARVESTING & DRYING OUR INDIGO
The First Cutting, Summer 2009
Robert Young & Britt Browne

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FORT SUB ROSA
Designed and built by Britt Browne & Graham Keegan for the Burlington Waterfront Quadracentenial Celebration. This installation was commissioned by Burlington City Arts.
The tent was designed, hand dyed in natural indigo and sewn by Britt Browne. The chandelier, fir beam frame and welded joints were designed and built by Graham Keegan.

The Paper Moon Project and I would like to say THANK YOU to Graham Keegan, Burlington City Arts, The Women's Studio Workshop, Woody Woodruff, Lin Lerner, David Tanych, Ann Kalmbach, Tatana Kellner, Anita Wetzel, Chris Petrone, Sarah Burt, Lindsay Gleason, Kristen DeGree, Teréz Iacovino, Sandra Brown, Katie Scott-Childress, Inigo Elizalde, Kathy Hattori, Earth Hues, Amanda Sanfilippo, Chris Thompson, Burlington Parks & Rec, Nick Perez, Meryl Lebowitz, John Bates, Lars Larson, Jon Williams, Jack & Matilda Burt. THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU!

SHIBORI SNEAK PEEK

NATURAL INDIGO
Women's Studio Workshop Fellowship
I finally got my deep, rich indigo for our "Fort Sub Rosa" after many, many dips in the Indigo Brew!

Indigo Pigment - the first ingredient for the Indigo stock


Me mixing the Indigo stock that will be added to the vat to make our Indigo Brew


Sandra takes a whiff of the stock - it's wicked!


Graham stirring the Indigo stock with our canvas waiting patiently in the wind


10,000 cat eyes watching us - this is referred to as the "flower" of the vat


Graham with our shibori clamps in the Brew

MAKING THE INDIGO VAT
First we made the stock and then we added it to the vat to make our Indigo Brew!

SHIBORI
Graham and I making our Shibori clamps to create horizontal stripes on the top of the tent.

Model of Fabric for Fort Sub Rosa

FORT SUB ROSA
INSTALLATION FOR THE BURLINGTON WATERFRONT QUADRACENTENIAL CELEBRATION
Graham Keegan & Britt Browne have been commissioned by Burlington City Arts to build an installation for the Burlington Waterfront as a part of the Quadracentenial Celebration.
The Paper Moon Project is going to be draping the interior of the "Fort" with fabric dyed in Natural Indigo.
The installation will be up July 5th, 2009. Stay tuned!

Sorting Seeds

INDIGO SEED PACKS FOR SALE
Polygonum Tinctorium seeds are available now!
Seed Packs are $6 and hold approximately 60 seeds.
You can find them on the Tick Tick cart located on Church Street in Burlington OR email me and I can mail them to you.
Polygonum Tinctorium seeds are very rare.
We sorted our seeds from the indigo crop we harvested last year.

FROST BITE
The night after we transplanted all of our indigo, we had a frost! About half of the plants looked like goners but are now coming back stronger than ever. You can see the regrowth at the bottom of each in the picture above. And check out those blues - just like heaven!! Their resilience is so inspiring to me - it makes me love indigo even more.

Transplanting 600 Indigo plants
Spear Street, Burlington Vermont

TICK TICK
You can now find our indigo being sold at Tick Tick's cart on Church Street in Burlington!!
Graham Keegan and his Tick Tick cart pictured above.

The Paper Moon Project's Indigo plants are on sale now!!
4 Polygonum Tinctorium plants in one peat pot for $6

City Market/Onion River Co-op
82 South Winooski Avenue
Burlington, Vermont 05401
802 861 9700
Open Daily from 7am-11pm

ICF Plant sale this Saturday:
Intervale Community Farm
128 Intervale Road
Burlington, Vermont 05401
802 658 2919