Knowledge Share Description

We will be focusing on the native mesoamerican indigo plant, its use in pre-columbian times and how it has evolved to this day. We will learn the step-by-step process of the extraction of the blue pigment and will learn the 3-2-1 recipe to make an organic indigo vat. Step-by-step recording of the indigo extraction process and indigo vat dyeing demo.

Knowledge Share Includes

• Maya Blue Native Mesoamerican indigo

• Pre contact uses

• Cellulose fiber intro

• Chemical dye harm

• Blue color therapy

• Indigo ecological roles

• Seed rematriation

• The confidence to extract the precious blue pigment of this humble giving plant for home art and dye projects.

Resource Package

Indigofera Suffruticosa seeds in a native Mexican cotton pouch

Recipe and instructions for how to plant and care for seeds.

*These indigo seeds can be planted after the new moon

Exchange

• $35

• $70 Knowledge share + Resource Package

• $100 reparations ( If you have financial abundance, this is our pay-it-forward option to fund our scholarships and work redistributing resources to Black and Indigenous Land Projects) Includes Knowledge Share + Resource Package

  For scholarships please email herbancura@gmail.com with subject Indigo

Access

*ASR Captioning provided 

*Spanish interpretation available (Si requiere interpretacion por favor mande un email a herbancura@gmail.com)

Virtual Gathering

Zoom link will be sent out via email 1-2 days before knowledge share

1-4pm EST

Knowledge share will be recorded and available for 30 days

Facilitator

Born in Mexico City on Revolution Day in 1982, into a mestizo family lineage, Sofia Florencia’s bloodlines come from the Mexica people of Xochimilko, the Maya people of Campeche, Southern Veracruz, Italy and Basque peoples. Sofia has been on a mission of self-discovery through experiential education since day one. Raised throughout Europe, Turtle Island, Anahuac and Abya Yala.

The alchemy of food is her superpower, Corn and Cacao being some of her oldest ancestors. Aside from her formal hospitality and culinary studies, she has worked in the food industry most of her life working at Millenium, Delfina, Cotogna, Boot and Shoe, etc.; she was also director and teacher at the Matthew Kenney Culinary School in Miami.

Sofia operates the slow-food business Abuelita Technology @abuelitatechnology on the island of Maui offering Organic and Heirloom maize tortillas, along with other delectable morsels to heal hungry souls; she also offers services as a private chef, wellness mentor, massage therapist, and postpartum care provider.

Now living in the Telluride, CO area with her husband, they are raising their son and walking the Red Road as a family.