Now that the weather's getting warmer, dyeing season will begin for me - but these pieces were done during a oddly warm patch a little while ago.
and a nice pale, greeny blue discharged piece...
For some reason, this one made me think of sharkskin, so I ever make a shark, I'll have the fabric!
What had started the whole thing was I had tried (and failed) at making some deconstructed screen prints - but I used the leftovers to try some arashi shibori (I think it's called that - too lazy to look it up - the pole wrapping kind of shibori)
These pieces are huge - 4 1/2 feet by 2 1/2 or so - and I think I'm going to make a skirt out of that green/pink version for summer.
I loved this piece too - this one is quite large as well - though not large enough for a skirt (!)- and it was just made by folding the piece of fabric various ways and then painting it with the leftovers.
Summers here are short and HOT and I must prepare my "nest" for the winter. I have to make hay while the sun shines as they say, so I'll be doing a lot of dyeing over the next couple of months - however, I won't be showing it to you (I intend to do a lot of plain solids) unless something interesting happens.
In the meantime, (in real time, I mean) I am continuing the Whitewashed series - and I hope to be able to show you some progress on the next piece on Friday - right now all I've got done is piecing, gesso-ing, painting, and background quilting on the next piece and you've already seen all those steps on Walking While Black".
If not, I'll show you some shots of a quilt show I went to!
'Til then.
I got some ink on an ecru silk blouse and couldn't get it out, so I broke it up into pieces and dyed it with some little bits of leftover dyes I had hanging around (months old so I was surprised at their efficacy), and then discharged with a water/bleach solution in a spray bottle.
a deep purple sleeve...
this was actually a mop up cloth of the lighter colours - a nice underwater fabric I think...
and a nice pale, greeny blue discharged piece...
For some reason, this one made me think of sharkskin, so I ever make a shark, I'll have the fabric!
What had started the whole thing was I had tried (and failed) at making some deconstructed screen prints - but I used the leftovers to try some arashi shibori (I think it's called that - too lazy to look it up - the pole wrapping kind of shibori)
These pieces are huge - 4 1/2 feet by 2 1/2 or so - and I think I'm going to make a skirt out of that green/pink version for summer.
I loved this piece too - this one is quite large as well - though not large enough for a skirt (!)- and it was just made by folding the piece of fabric various ways and then painting it with the leftovers.
Summers here are short and HOT and I must prepare my "nest" for the winter. I have to make hay while the sun shines as they say, so I'll be doing a lot of dyeing over the next couple of months - however, I won't be showing it to you (I intend to do a lot of plain solids) unless something interesting happens.
In the meantime, (in real time, I mean) I am continuing the Whitewashed series - and I hope to be able to show you some progress on the next piece on Friday - right now all I've got done is piecing, gesso-ing, painting, and background quilting on the next piece and you've already seen all those steps on Walking While Black".
If not, I'll show you some shots of a quilt show I went to!
'Til then.
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