Indigo Paia
Welcome to our first blog. Indigo Paia is a small boutique on Maui's North Shore, specializing in home furnishing, custom jewelry, tribal art, and handmade rugs from Central Asia. My wife Caramiya Davies-Reid and I, Daniel Sullivan opened Indigo in November of 2005. Our goal was to bring beautiful arts and textiles from the places we loved to Maui while at the same time bringing work and support to the people of Central Asia.
Before we moved to Maui in 2005 Caramiya and I had been living in Kabul, Afghanistan where I was working as a photographer documenting the return of Afghanistan's Refuges after the war. I had spent the past five years photographing human rights issues in Central and South East Asia. From the refugee camps of Peshawar, Pakistan to the children of Cambodia I had witnessed a great deal of human beauty and suffering. My experiences had also brought me to love and appreciate the tribal arts, jewelry and antiquities of the region. Over the years I had begun to amass a collection that eventually would become the antiquities and relics of Indigo.
For nearly two decades Caramiya's family Davies-Reid had been supporting a refugee weaving project bringing work, water and education to over 300 Afghan Refugees. Caramiya studied jewelry and fashion design at CCAC in San Francisco. Her eye for jewelry and interior designs are part of what makes Indigo so unique. Balancing tribal and contemporary with the finest textiles her one of a kind designs have been wonderful to watch develop over the years.
Together when we left Afghanistan we began the work that would eventually bring us to Maui and help us realize our dream of opening a beautiful boutique. Please feel free to visit us anytime you are in Maui. Indigo is located at 149 Hana Highway in Paia on the North Shore.
We hope this blog will help to inspire through our designs, travels and photography. The newest addition to the Indigo family Rose Potter will share her knowledge of Indian and tribal arts, while Caramiya shares her inspiration for design and I my love for Central and South East Asia through my photography. Please join us!
