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Monthly Archives: November 2014
Christmas Meanings
Originally posted on Richard M. Ankers – Author:
?God towers over ?The crowds of Christmas shoppers?Looking for his son
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More Eco Prints
A few more eco prints from my second batch. The first has a small whitish circle in the upper left corner reminiscent of a sun or moon. I can’t help thinking of this as an ancient landscape. Continue reading
Heart Whispers
Originally posted on DANCES WITH CANCER:
Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray. ~ Rumi ~
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Unbundling: My Second Batch of Eco Prints, Short Story Writing and Allotmenteering
I’ve been itching for the week to pass so I could open up my second batch of eco print bundles.
The first picture shows half of a long narrow band of the jacket lining fabric (probably cotton) that I used for some of my first eco prints. This time the colour is more pronounced. Again, I bound the bundles with sari silk and the colour has transferred. I also sandwiched in some rusty staple gun staples. I found a whole boxful in the shed that have lain around for a long time and are no longer fit for purpose. The frieze – as I’m calling it – looks like some sort of music notation. Continue reading
Knitting with Ivy: Jesus Puja
Yes, this is ivy and I’ve been knitting with it. On bamboo needles. It was a sudden urge. Some of it I did in the middle of the night. Continue reading
My First Eco Prints
This is one of the results of my first batch ever of eco prints. I did a number of bundles, as they are called, using leaves and flowers gathered from my own garden. I just used whatever fabrics and papers I had to hand, sandwiched the organic matter between two sheets of whatever, then rolled them up and bound them tightly. I then steamed them for an hour or so and set them aside for a week. Continue reading
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Tagged Botanical Dyeing, Botanical Printing, Eco Printing, Flora, India Flint, organic matter, Walking on Purpose
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