To help support our Vibrant Protest: Liberty and help you make your own we are selling !00% domestic cotton, Made in America tie-dye t-shirts.
These shirts were dyed with the same dye and process used to make Liberty, each shirt is hand tied and died, many by Inez herself.
Help us with our Vibrant Protest and make a unique statement of your own.
The results are in and the official unofficial length of Liberty is 2,945 ft. 6.5 in. long and 5 ft. 6 in. high.
Unsurprisingly the fabric did shrink a little through the dying process from the 3,153 ft. we started with.
The current official record holder is in Japan with a tie-dye that is 2,739 ft. 5 in. long and 1 meter 3 ft. 3 in. high.
View Vibrant Protest: Liberty at the Woodbury Art Museum in Orem, Utah.
Liberty will be on display March 26, 2013 until April 27, 2013.
The opening reception will be held March 26th.
We wanted to give a special thank you to one of our newest sponsors, Dharma Trading, Co. They have been our source for dyes and supplies for over a year now. We are grateful for their support in our attempt to break the World Record and spread our message of, “Invest in America, Buy Domestic.”
“To succeed…
you need to find something to hold on to,
something to motivate you,
something to inspire you.”
–Tony Dorsett
In an attempt to bridge this visual statement of the 1960’s and 70’s to contemporary art and Gandhi’s belief that men are inherently good, I persuaded over 200 college students to volunteer their time to assist me with the creation of an installation of paper butterflies arranged to mirror the color and scale of the tie-dye Sugar Magnolias. The college students were not coerced by an impending sense of doom or compensated in anyway. They demonstrated that “man” is inherently good, and so can communicate hope to the viewer.
66 inches x 123 inches (tie dye)
66 inches x 123 inches (butterfly installation)
MADE IN THE USA IS ENDANGERED! Vibrant Protest is a tie-dye that is 5.5 feet tall by 3153 feet long meant to break the Guinness World Record. It is a protest to raise awareness about the social, political and economic environment that has destroyed the Cotton Textile industry of the United States over the past 30 years. Vibrant Protest is the design and vision of artist Inez Harwood; a project to be realized in collaboration with Utah Valley University Alumni artist Jerel Harwood.
This project began with a search for a piece of fabric that was large enough to break the world record, sourcing the fabric led our artist to discover several surprising facts about the American cotton industry. First, that finding cotton fabric that is made in the United States is not easy. Second, ... (read more)
MoreIn September of 2004 while driving home from a vacation in eastern Oregon Inez, Jerel and their two children were in an accident. The Family Sport Utility Vehicle ended up rolling on the highway over 3 times ... (read more)
MoreWho is Grey Forest Studio, LLC? The Harwood’s have been married since 1998 giving them the experience of fifteen years of teamwork. The Harwoods started Grey Forest Studio, LLC in 2011 with a dream to follow in the career footprints of artist couple Christo and Jeanne-Claude... (read more)
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While we compile pictures from the Rinse Event last week, I wanted to post a couple of panorama shots we have put together. The first shot is from the rinse, taken from standing down in the retaining pond. Thank you again to the Utah Valley University: Emergency Services Academy for their time and effort rinsing [...]
I’m taking a quick moment to link to some of the news reports covering Vibrant Protest. Christina Rendon from ABC4 Utah has done a phenomenal job covering our story and the Vibrant Protest: Liberty project. Christina’s coverage can be found at the following links along with video’s of their broadcasts: Search for U.S. fabric a [...]
Not sure what words to write for this post. I think Inez and I are still processing the day’s events and will have to write more over the next couple of days. Until then these pictures will have to suffice, besides, they say a picture is worth a thousand words, and if that is true [...]
I should really be in bed right now, getting the rest I will need for tomorrow’s event. With the help of some dear friends we were able to get the tie-dye loaded in the truck and ready to take to UVU tomorrow morning. Along with loading Liberty, Inez was interviewed by Christina Rendon a reporter [...]
