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Black Bean Dye and Black Bean Soup
“Beans, you know, are beautifully shaped, like a new church, like modern architecture, like a planned city” ― Janet Frame, Scented Gardens for the Blind My love affair with Titanium oxalate continues … In my search for blue, I’ve wanted … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing, Vegetarianism
Tagged Alum Mordant, Black Bean Dye, Black Bean Soup, Black Bean Soup Recipe, Black Bean Sweet Potato and Quince Soup, Botanical Dyeing, Natural Dyeing, Natural Dyeing with Cottons, Natural Dyeing with Silk, Titanium oxalate Mordant
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Arthouse Coop Sketchbook Tour 2015 heads off to Miami
The Arthouse Coop Sketchbook Tour 2015 is rolling towards Miami as I write, where it will be on show in the Perez Art Museum (PAMM) at 1103 Biscayne Blvd between June 19 and 21.
Please go if you can, if you’re in Miami next weekend, and check out my sketchbook. Continue reading
Posted in Art
Tagged Arthouse Coop Sketchbook Tour 2015, book art, Botanical Dyeing, Eco Printing, Natural Dyeing
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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
Posted in Art, Ecology, Printmaking
Tagged Botanical Dyeing, Botanical Printing, Eco Printing, Flora, India Flint, organic matter, Walking on Purpose
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