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Judas Basket, Magnetic Thinking, The Flowers of Evil and Eco-Dyeing with Wisteria
“I have learned that what I have not drawn I have never really seen, and that when I start drawing an ordinary thing, I realize how extraordinary it is, sheer miracle. ” ~Frederick Franck, The Zen of Seeing. I like … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing, Mixed Media, spirituality
Tagged Basketry, Basketry with Wisteria, Baudelaire, Bowls, Correspondances, Drawing, Dyeing with Wisteria, Eco Dyeing with Wisteria, Eco Printing, God's Eye Basketry, Gospel of Judas, Jesus of Nazareth, Judas Iscariot, Les Fleurs du Mal, Nag Hammadi
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A First Try at Eco-Dyeing with Staghorn Sumac (Rhus Typhina)
I was delighted, when we first came in May last year to inspect what was to become our new home, to find no less than four mature Staghorn Sumac trees flourishing in the garden, for I knew Sumac to be … Continue reading
New Departures in Eco Printing – Impressures Negative Realities and Graphic Notation
More eco prints on watercolour paper. The deep brown-black of the sumac is the actual leaf. It fused with the paper because I made an extra-tight sandwich of the materials and steamed it for a longer period of time in … Continue reading
In Search of Blue: Dyeing with Woad, Beans and Lentils
And I haven’t found it. Blue. Yet. And in the first picture, when I believed I was dyeing with black beans, I discovered I’d used black lentils. Pah! Black beluga lentils, which are – blue. I do like the bronzey silks, however. … Continue reading
And Another Eco Print on Watercolour Paper
Posted in Art, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing, Ecology, Printmaking
Tagged Eco Print, Eco Print on Watercolour Paper
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Another Eco Print on Silk – Three Eucalyptus Leaves
I know, looks like six leaves, not three, but it’s a mirror image print. On the left of the middle fold are prints of the fronts of the leaves, on the right, the backs. I think it’s the tannin – … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing, Printmaking
Tagged Eco Printin on Silk, Eco Printing, Tannin
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