Artists & Makers We Love
Wild Indigo Forest Farm Resources
Artists & Makers We Love
🪻 From Southern Indiana to creative commUnities across the globe, Wild Indigo champions artists and makers who approach their craft with a commitment to sustainability. Think light fixtures fashioned from broken skateboards, reclaimed timber given a second life, handmade mosaics, salvaged objects, and upcycled materials transformed into something wholly unexpected. The art we choose to support is a celebration of skill, resourcefulness, and respect for the Earth.
This is our growing library of artists, makers, books, growers, teachers, farms, organizations, and creations that have shaped Wild Indigo or inspired how we live with land, creativity, commUnity, and the seasons. We believe credit should travel with the work, and whenever we can verify a direct home for someone's work, we link you straight there.
Artists & Makers Who Have Shaped Wild Indigo
DESIGN & ILLUSTRATION
Aubrey · Restoration Acres
Aubrey helped shape Wild Indigo's visual world, including the Wild Indigo aura photography logo. She’ll also be creating a custom illustration of Wild Indigo in her own distinctive style. We love carrying her bumper stickers in our Apothecary shop.
PROPERTY ART INSTALLATIONS & MURALS
Abbi Kay Cord · Jubilee Farm Studio · Abbi Kay Art
Abbi has created four different art installations for Wild Indigo, including our property sign at the entrance, the rain barrels, and the wheelbarrow, helping turn practical pieces of the farm into part of its visual story. She also brings live painting to our gatherings, letting guests experience her creative process as the day unfolds.
HAND-PAINTED MAILBOX
Kelly Mules Art
Kelly Mules Art hand-painted the mural mailbox that greets guests as they arrive at Wild Indigo.
HAND-PAINTED COB & MURALS
Daniel Nichter · Nano Paints
Daniel Nichter of Nano Paints painted directly onto the earthen walls of Knob N' Wood, bringing Monarchs, a bat crossing a full moon, leaves, acorns, vines, celestial imagery, and a sacred sunrise into the architecture itself.
WATERCOLOR & INTUITIVE ART
Jamie Homeister
Jamie created the original watercolor artwork for the Wild Indigo Forest Farm logo. Her work also includes The Chakragraph System, intuitive artwork, animal energy readings, watercolor, and color divination.
WOODBURNING & FUNCTIONAL ART
ECArtAndPyrography
Elsbeth's one-woman Pacific Northwest shop creates hand-burned artwork and functional pieces, including the wonderfully wild light-switch and outlet art we love.
FRAMING & CRAFT
Masters Frame Supply
Clarksville, Indiana. A local framing resource we recommend and part of the network of craftspeople who help artwork become part of the Wild Indigo world.
TIMBER FRAMING & DESIGN
David Yasenchack Timber Framing & Design
David Yasenchack created the clerestory timber frame at Knob N' Wood using white oak, black cherry, walnut, black locust, reclaimed Douglas fir, and live-edge tie beams, carrying the forest visibly through the architecture.
MASONRY HEATER & NATURAL BUILDING
Ken Matez · Fountainhead Natural Homes
Ken Matez created the masonry heater at Knob N' Wood, one of the pieces that gives the Retreat Center its warmth, thermal mass, and Earth-built character.
STRAWBALE DESIGN & NATURAL BUILDING
Mark Hoberecht · HarvestBuild
Mark Hoberecht designed the strawbale wall system at Knob N' Wood, helping shape the natural-building approach behind the Retreat Center's earthen walls.
NATURAL BUILDING
Chris Fox · Fox's Natural Building
Chris Fox helped complete the strawbale wall system on site at Knob N' Wood, contributing to the cob, strawbale, and natural-building craft woven into the structure.
STAINED GLASS
GroovySquid Glass
GroovySquid Glass created the custom stained glass at Knob N' Wood, turning sunlight into part of the room as color shifts across the Retreat Center throughout the day.
MOSAIC GLASS & TILE
Colorado Glassworks
Colorado Glassworks is part of the material story of Wild Indigo. We sourced mosaic tiles from them for the colorful, handmade surfaces woven into our spaces.
CUSTOM WINDOW & DOOR DECALS
Worthy Decal
Worthy Decal created the custom decals used on Wild Indigo's windows and doors.
HANDMADE DOORBELLS & CERAMIC TILE
Stoneleaf Doorbell · Stoneleaf Tile & Mosaic
Stoneleaf created the handmade doorbells at Wild Indigo and supplied the ceramic tiles used in the kitchen, bringing functional craft and handmade detail into the spaces we use every day.
PAINTING & ART
Robert Walker
Artist and painter connected to Wild Indigo's creative world. Additional details about his specific Wild Indigo work will be added as we recover the original project credit.
PAINTING & CREATIVE WORKSHOPS
Rose Hale
Painter and artist whose work includes painting classes and guided creative workshops.
Antiques & Creative Shops We Source From
ANTIQUE SOURCING & DESIGN
Mary · Wild Dog Antiques
Mary has helped Wild Indigo source multiple antique couches and pieces of antique serveware. Her design service helps people hunt for vintage and upcycled pieces from reference images, a design direction, or simply a description of what they are trying to find.
UPHOLSTERY & FABRIC
Dresswood Upholstery · Walker Fabrics
Our upholstery source at Wild Indigo, used for our own pieces and a service we recommend when furniture deserves another life instead of the landfill.
VENDOR MARKET & SECONDHAND FINDS
Peddlers Mall
A source for antique, vintage, secondhand, and vendor finds used in the layered Wild Indigo world.
VENDOR MARKET & SECONDHAND FINDS
Vendors Village
Another of our sources for antique, vintage, secondhand, and unexpected pieces worth giving another life.
ANTIQUES & VINTAGE
Hauster’s Antique Mall
A Southern Indiana source we use when looking for antiques, vintage pieces, and objects with a story already inside them.
DOWNTOWN NEW ALBANY
Mercantile
Part of our local New Albany sourcing orbit for distinctive pieces, gifts, and objects that fit the Wild Indigo world.
DOWNTOWN NEW ALBANY
Regalo
A downtown New Albany shop we include among the local places we return to for creative and uncommon finds.
DOWNTOWN NEW ALBANY
Wildflower · The Uncommon Gifts
A New Albany source for uncommon, creative gifts and pieces with personality.
LOUISVILLE ART & MAKERS
Revelry Boutique Gallery
A Louisville boutique gallery and part of our wider local creative sourcing world.
Books & Decks We Return To
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Barbara Kingsolver. Part memoir, part year-long experiment in eating close to home, and part deeply researched look at the environmental costs of the modern food system. The book weaves growing, raising, preserving, and sourcing food with research and statistics around industrial agriculture, fossil-fuel dependence, food miles, climate impact, biodiversity, seasonality, local food economies, and why our everyday food choices matter. It is both a story about living by the seasons and a case for rebuilding a closer relationship between food, land, farmers, and ecological responsibility.
Between Heaven and Earth
Harriet Beinfield & Efrem Korngold. A Traditional Chinese Medicine resource that has informed our seasonal-living research.
The Shamanic Way of the Bee
Simon Buxton. A spiritual and symbolic exploration of bee traditions that we keep distinct from established bee science.
The Herbal Healing Deck
Written by Sarah Baldwin and illustrated by Ashley Verkamp. A 48-card plant oracle deck exploring medicinal plants, folklore, symbolism, and plant connection.
The House of Belonging
David Whyte. A touchstone in our larger reading and reflection library around home, solitude, belonging, and place.
The Artist's Way
Julia Cameron. A creative-life resource that has informed our thinking around ongoing creative practice and Artist Dates.
Bellaire Blooms
A Flower-Filled Collaboration
Locally grown flowers became part of the Wild Indigo landscape through a collaboration with Bellaire Blooms, bringing another layer of color, seasonality, and creative possibility to the farm.
Land & Food & Foraging People We Follow
Appalachian Forager
Foraging ethics, regional ecology, positive identification, and responsible harvest.
Nick of North · Nick Chindamo
Landscape literacy, flavor families, overlooked ingredients, fermentation, and whole-plant curiosity.
Avellino Farms
Farming and gardening, with art, land, ecology, and climate woven into the conversation.
Girl Next Door Honey · Hilary Kearney
Bee behavior, hive literacy, seasonal beekeeping, and pollinator education.
The Dogwood Dyer · Liz Spencer
Natural color, plant dyes, indigo, woad, and textile craft.
Jane Goodall Institute
Conservation, biodiversity, commUnity-centered environmental action, and Jane Goodall's enduring work to protect animals and the natural world.
The Berry Center
New Castle, Kentucky. Continuing the work and ideas of Wendell Berry through agriculture, rural commUnities, local economies, land stewardship, and farmer-centered education.
Creative Life & Belonging
A Living Resource Library
This page is being restored from Wild Indigo's original project notes and source library. Some original Instagram, shop, and product links are still being recovered. We only add a button when we have the correct direct link, rather than guessing a handle or sending you to the wrong human. Every external link on this page opens in a new window.
Keep Following the Threads
Explore our Retreat Resources · Visit the Apothecary · Read the roots of Wild Indigo
Practice With Respect
Spiritual, ceremonial, and sound practices carry living histories. We encourage facilitators and guests to learn where a practice comes from, credit its lineage, avoid claiming traditions that are not theirs, and seek teachers who are connected to and authorized by the commUnities they represent.
Read the Native Governance Center’s Cultural Appropriation and Wellness Guide ↗
EXPLORE MORE AT WILD INDIGO
A LIVING ARTIST TRAIL
We’re building a living artist trail throughout Loki’s Labyrinth Trail and Luna’s Loop, weaving creative contributions into the experience of walking this land. From small discoveries to larger installations, each agreed work becomes part of a growing conversation between people, plants, and purpose.
Every artist who donates their time and creative energy will be featured on our website, with a bio, imagery of their work, and links to their website and social media pages, shared with their permission. Artists remain visible beyond their time on the land.
Placement, materials, artist credit, ownership, care, and display duration are agreed upon together.