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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
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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Eco Collograph from Red Cabbage
The health-giving properties of red cabbage are phenomenal. I love it steamed with apple. Great taste, good health. Virtually no calories. Turns blue when provoked. Me, too.
Posted in Art, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing, Printmaking
Tagged Collographh, Eco Collograph, Eco Printing, Prints from Nature, Red cabbage
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Oak Flowers on Silk – an Epitaph
There may not be another Spring in this park, so here is a bouquet in tribute, of flowers of oak, on silk. Continue reading
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At the same time I made the eco prints on watercolour postcards at the end of January, I did some eco print experiments on raw silk bought in the silk market – Koza Han – in Bursa, Northern Turkey. Koza … Continue reading
Kathy Hays’ Eco Print Video Workshop and Experimenting on Raw Silk from Koza Han
I keep writing about Kathy Hays’ video eco print workshop in my recent experiments with eco printing and natural dyeing, so I thought I’d post a You Tube video taster of the workshop. In my next blog I’m going to … Continue reading
A Recent Experiment in Eco Printing on Khadi (Cotton) Paper
I knew when I discovered khadi paper, 10 years or so ago, that I’d find something creative to do with it. It is such a seductive material, being textile (cotton) as well as paper. Well, it’s taken all that time … Continue reading
