Couldn’t wait to process this piece of Nu-suede. It’s my first effort at a sunprint. Looking at it critically, there are several flaws – boring, all-over placement of the leaves, a thread visible in the upper right of the detail, below, and general blurriness. Also, monochromatic doesn’t do much for it. But it’s still extremely …
Well, I have been giving some thought to the ‘keeper’ fabric and came up with a decent way to audition Shiva Paintstiks. This illustration shows about the third iteration, and the first I like. The paint for now is temporary – I applied it to Glad Press ‘n Seal™ cling wrap – you can see …
After doing some snow dyeing last year, I couldn’t wait to start again this winter. The first two pictures are ones I did in December; they’re also posted there for my sister to take a look at, because I don’t remember which one she prefers. Got nice dark, or strong colors this year because I …
Must be brief; here are samples of the fabric I dyed for the quilt below. Each row has the cotton side above the silk side. The four samples on the left of each row are mixed colors, the rest of the row are pure colors with Pro-Chem’s names above. Also received the sueded muslin. Did …
A big thank-you to the folks who commented here or by email regarding the flat dyed samples. Just to clarify, I’m not taking the class with Nancy, I’m just helping friends with their dyeing. Doing the work did prompt me to get her two recent books ‘Nancy Crow’ and ‘Crossroads’ out of the library. I …
Got some work done a couple weeks ago with a friend, helping her dye some yardage for an upcoming class with Nancy Crow. Am I being too obsessive? The solid shade dyeing seems a bit uneven, but it also doesn’t look like commercial fabric. The rosey piece is the worst one of the bunch – …
Have spent some time over the long weekend experimenting with disperse dyes on polyester (a post for another day) and flat dyeing, using a different set of primaries. Also trying to resurrect a barker, using the same primaries. And a new fabric that turned out pretty nice! Here’s a picture of 11″ samples I did …
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