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Testing Water for Iron Content
“Give me silence, water, hope Give me struggle, iron, volcanoes.” – Ode to Silence: Pablo Neruda Samples of water from four different sources tested for iron content. From left to right: tap water, water from a garden water butt, … Continue reading
Chaos and Onion Skins
The chaos is subsiding. I opened the last packing box a couple of weeks back. Then found more. But a few and there are places for everything now. A Place for Everything and Everything in its Place. (Benjamin Franklin?) Distribution. … Continue reading
Indeterminacy: The Blueberry Interlude: Cold Dyeing with Blueberry Stems
Dyeing needn’t be an elaborate process, experiments have shown me. Or require costly – and sometimes quite hazardous and pongy – ingredients, sophisticated equipment and a PhD in chemistry. I pruned a couple of little blueberry bushes a few weeks … Continue reading
Indeterminacy – Picking up A Project Where I Left Off
Posted in Art, Creativity, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing, Inspiration, Printmaking
Tagged Art, Eco Printing, Indeterminacy, Iron Mordant, Lining Paper
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How Far Does The Hand Reach? Botanical Signatures Textile Art Exhibition, Norwich, England, July 18-20 2019
Invitation to exhibition. Some of my work is figuring in Botanical Signatures 18-20 July at Studio20, in historic Norwich, England. The exhibition has been put together by Maria Clarke-Wilson, who is completing an MA in Textile Design at Norwich University … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing
Tagged @textile collaborations, Botanical Being, Botanical Pressure Printing, Botanical Signatures, Collaborative Textile Art, Eco Printing, How Far Does The Hand Reach?, Maria Clarke-Wilson, Natural Dyeing, Norwich University of the Arts, Studio20 Norwich, Textile Art Exhibition
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Little Maps of Trees is at The Other Art Fair London
The Tiny Sketchbook Project, which includes my tiny book of tiny eco prints Little Maps of Trees, has just been on show at the SLOW Galerie in Paris. It’s now walked poetically to London, where it’s on show at The … Continue reading
