NATURAL DYE GARDEN
The Dye Garden, located along planted terraces on the property, grows a selection of indigenous and historical natural dye plants used to produce dyes and pigments, for textiles, watercolors, and lacquers. Seasonally, the plants are harvested and processed, to generate a micro-production of natural dyes and pigments - deep blue from indigo, red from madder roots, yellow from coreopsis, oxalis, and cosmos.
In conjunction with the education and residency programs, the Dye Garden also acts as a laboratory and a living library for the study of dye plants, their growing cycles, and the different processes for creating color.
Work-study and Garden Fellowships will be available soon.
THE DYE HOUSE
The Dye House serves as the main studio of The Mothership, a space for artistic and scientific exploration, research, and production using natural dyes. The Dye House includes a dye lab equipped with traditional and state-of-the-art facilities and tools for natural dyeing, a space for exhibitions and lectures, and a textile library based on Yto Barrada’s personal archive of Moroccan and international textiles and fabrics.
Additionally, The Mothership currently provides several working spaces, including a wet studio with sinks, a multi-use outdoor pergola/working space, a tree house, and several spaces within the garden forest for possible activation.
