Note to self – must wear gloves at all times when dyeing.
Technique:Dyeing
Rainbow Tray Dyeing
I had some leftover dyes that needed to be used up so I did a little tray dyeing:
One Step Further & Book Release Celebrations
The Book Release Celebrations continue over on the Twelve by Twelve blog. Today the focus is on Chapter 5 of the book Twelve by Twelve: The International Art Quilt Challenge which covers the Illumination theme and features my shibori piece – Radiance. After a brief, but intense, infatuation with shibori, I once infamously declared I […]
Fresh start
For weeks I have had purple, burgundy and emerald fabrics strewn around the studio along with other clutter. I’ve cleared the decks and it feels so good! I’m ready for a fresh start on a new project using some of my triad hand dyed fabrics:
Cut up
I can’t show you what I am working on but I can report that, more than a year after this 12-step dyeing exercise, I am finally cutting into these fabrics: I mixed the dyes in the following ratios: RED MXBG YELLOW MX3R BLUE MXR 100% 100% 100% R/Y 50:50 Y/B 50:50 B/R 50:50 R/Y 75:25 […]
Eggplant Revisited
I pulled out my “emerald”, “burgundy” and “violet” pre-mixed dyes yesterday and got some promising results. This is from the dregs…