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Testing Water for Iron Content
“Give me silence, water, hope Give me struggle, iron, volcanoes.” – Ode to Silence: Pablo Neruda Samples of water from four different sources tested for iron content. From left to right: tap water, water from a garden water butt, … Continue reading
Chaos and Onion Skins
The chaos is subsiding. I opened the last packing box a couple of weeks back. Then found more. But a few and there are places for everything now. A Place for Everything and Everything in its Place. (Benjamin Franklin?) Distribution. … Continue reading
Indeterminacy: The Blueberry Interlude: Cold Dyeing with Blueberry Stems
Dyeing needn’t be an elaborate process, experiments have shown me. Or require costly – and sometimes quite hazardous and pongy – ingredients, sophisticated equipment and a PhD in chemistry. I pruned a couple of little blueberry bushes a few weeks … Continue reading
How Far Does The Hand Reach? Botanical Signatures Textile Art Exhibition, Norwich, England, July 18-20 2019
Invitation to exhibition. Some of my work is figuring in Botanical Signatures 18-20 July at Studio20, in historic Norwich, England. The exhibition has been put together by Maria Clarke-Wilson, who is completing an MA in Textile Design at Norwich University … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing
Tagged @textile collaborations, Botanical Being, Botanical Pressure Printing, Botanical Signatures, Collaborative Textile Art, Eco Printing, How Far Does The Hand Reach?, Maria Clarke-Wilson, Natural Dyeing, Norwich University of the Arts, Studio20 Norwich, Textile Art Exhibition
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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
