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The
Start
In 1996, I made
a baby quilt for a friend of mine. I brought it to work to be photographed
and by the end of the day, I had five quilt orders. The next new birth
was Color Conscious: Diversity in Design - a design studio celebrating
the uniqueness of different cultures through ethnically-influenced fabrics,
colors, and designs.
The
Philosophy
Color Conscious products
are designed to be beautifully original, as well as functional. I believe
that everyone should have an "art piece" to wear and to use every day.
Handy, practical, and refreshingly different, Color Conscious items should
remind you of a far away place, and in doing so, bring the world a little
closer to you.
The
Materials
The inspiration for
Color Conscious products are textiles from around the world - mudcloths
and cottons from Mali, silks and batiks from Indonesia, appliqués from
Panama, among others. Designs are also generated from textiles that are
vibrant, striking, unusual, hand-designed and hand-crafted.
New
Paths
Through the years I have been inspired to design additional items for
Color Conscious. Spurts of creativity produced decorative/protective drum
covers for African djembes, a series of fun tote bags and purses, beaded
sachets for home and car, and most recently, a collection of earrings.
Order now and enjoy
a very special, very individual design in diversity!
 "Everyone
should be Color Conscious!"
Maureen Patten — Garrison, NY |
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“Neat…
wow… quirky… cool.”
Theresa Portillo — Lodi, NJ |
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"If you need
a djembe hat, this is the place to go. Absolutely the best
place we have found for djembe hats. All you need to know
is
the diameter of your
drum, and they will do the rest."
Frank Thompson — Scottsdale,
AZ
AZ Rhythm Connection |
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 “I
never leave home without them!”
Mairin Loftus — Buchanan, NY |
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 “I
supply a rave for the underground railroad quilt, commissioned
for my big sister, an inner-city girls’ high school teacher
in Ohio. She was thrilled with its artistry as a decorative
piece and so happy to have a new way to share living history
with her students.”
Tom Weaver — Los Angeles, CA |
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“We absolutely
love our bright and colorful quilt! My two-month-old boy Ricky
enjoys laying on it. It’s so soft and cuddly — perfect
for little babies!”
Gia and Ricky Meade, Jr. — San Francisco, CA |
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 “To
me, giving a Color Conscious quilt is giving the most unique
of baby gifts. Long after the diaper genies, onesies, stuffed
animals, and baby clothes are gone, the quilt will still be
around. With so many baby things having an ubiquitous sense
of bland sameness and standard cutesiness, the vivid quilts
stand out as perfectly one-of-a-kind, the sort of thing you
want to give your most dear friends and family.”
Naree Wongse-Sanit — Los Angeles, CA |
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“Her eye
for design is matched by her craftsmanship, color sense, and
selection of unique and original materials!”
Jack Lindner — Ventura, CA |
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 “The
quilts I have ordered from Color Conscious are absolutely beautiful!
[The quilts] have a charm that you don't find in commercially
made products,...they could only have been made by someone with
an artistic sense of color and design. Beautiful enough to be
used as wallhangings, yet soft enough to snuggle in, I know
these quilts will be treasured for many years.”
Harriet Walker — Boston, MA |
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 "I
fell in love with your products. They are more beautiful than
I imagined and very well constructed."
Stacia Crawford — Chicago, IL
African Accents
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 Master
drummer, Mamady
Keita, gets fitted for a Color Conscious djembe hat in Los
Angeles, CA during his 2001 U.S. workshop tour. For more information
on Mr. Keita and his djembe workshops, see Tam
Tam Mandingue USA. |
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