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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
Iron Blanket, As Promised
Posted in Art, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing, Printmaking
Tagged Botanical Pressure Print, Eco Printing, Iron Blanket
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Some Recent Eco Prints on Silk
I treated myself to Kathy Hays’ Eco Print Workshop (a set of teaching videos to view online) just before Christmas. The images here are some try-outs of Kathy’s basic bundling technique. I used satin silk – a half-metre or so … Continue reading
Inch of the Day 3 September 2015: Inchie Energy, Inchie Music
Here’s another example of my ongoing explorations with a bleach pen. Two more inchies. These were drawn onto inkjet prints, not fabric. I ironed these. The heat singed the bleach marks. And some images dropped into my mind, as I … Continue reading
Inch of the Day 26 August 2015
If you’ve been reading my blog you’ll know that yesterday I launched a project ‘An Inch A Day’. This is about creating (at the very least) an inch of art, writing, singing, whatever, on a daily basis, no matter what else happens during the day. Continue reading
Posted in Art, Creativity, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing, Photography, Printmaking
Tagged creative goal, creativity, Eco Printing, Natural Dyeing, Ray Bradbury
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