You’re invited to Community Dye Day at The Old Bailey Gallery on Saturday, July 13th from 11-3. Contribute to Bethany Moody’s interactive exhibition, With Give, by working with your fellow participants to dye yarn, rope, tshirts and bed sheets with a selection of natural dyes, including madder and indigo. Provided dye materials will later be used as warp on the BFL (Big Friendly Loom), an 8 x 17.5’ jumbo loom installed at the Old Bailey. Along with dye materials, gloves and aprons will be provided; however, plan to get messy and feel free to bring your own natural fiber clothes or linens to throw in the pot! Cotton, wool and linen will take the dye, synthetic fibers such as polyester, nylon, and lycra will not. Donations of used bed sheets and tshirts are welcome and appreciated!

With Give is an evolving, interactive exhibition that relies on community participation to be fully realized. Over the course of the exhibition, participants will assist in the natural dyeing and processing of yarn, rope, tshirts and bedsheets into strips of material that will then be woven on the BFL (Big Friendly Loom). Hand built by Moody with support from Jason Lake at the University of Alabama, BFL is an eight foot wide jumbo loom whose warp spans the width of The Old Bailey Gallery (17.5 feet). In addition to cooperative dyeing and weaving, several interactive soft sculptures will be available in the gallery for engagement. Through touch, participants will feel their way through making, giving, and being with one another.