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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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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
A Fine Pickle
A recent eco print experiment. This is an iron blanket (or carrier cloth). It ought to have had prints from plant material on it. Didn’t work. Hmmm. As usual, I sprayed the cloth with a 50/50 vinegar/water solution. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Creativity, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing, Printmaking
Tagged Carrier Cloth, Eco Print, Iron Blanket, Madder Root Dye, Natural Dyeing, Shibori
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Another from a recent eco print batch. The paper ground is one of the layers from the cardboard backing that fell away, after the boiling process, from my eco printing experiment using watercolour board. The wet cardboard fell apart into … Continue reading
A Treasury of Leaves: Eco Print on Silk
An eco print (botanical pressure print) on silk, from my recent batch. The red dye is from red Virginia Creeper leaves. I was lucky to get the leaves. Normally, Virginia Creeper is found decorating the walls of private houses and … 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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Art House Coop Sketchbook Tour 2015 – My Sketchbook Hits Seattle
Somewhere in there (gasp) – The Olympic Sculpture Park at Seattle Art Museum – is my little sketchbook. It must be terrified.
If you’re in Seattle, it’s there today and tomorrow to be seen (and smelled). Continue reading
