over and over

last year's printing tests with natural dyes.was judicious enough(at last) to take some notes.

studying the adequate viscosity for stamping with stencils.

trying out kakishibu to see how it works

things i learned : better use a credit card  as a squeegee to scrape the color paste .

stamp brushes are finicky and most of the times pool the paste.

paste needs to be thicker.

kakishibu powder needs to be re-hydrated it tends to separate from the water no matter how much it is stirred.even with a frother it doesn't make a solution. 

my next experiment is going to be using a silkscreen.i'll use what i have but i'm planning to order a roll of mesh and cut it into viable sizes.there aro lots of possibilities without going the orthodox way of masking and burning the screen mesh.

neki desu

 

the algorithm

don't think i had published this . my entry to magbaexpo in barcelona.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DaADixOJquo/

don't know if you'll have access through the links as insta is a self contained universe and just likes to talk with fb with some luck.

anyhow my friend luis the geek created an algorithm which moves and dithers shapes in a plane.he then  invited me and tony to interpret it in our practices. tony is a beader  and i am a textilian of sorts. 

i used im2track to send the image to my brother 940 k machine and knit it.i am truly grateful for this little program, no fuss plug and play.beats dak image processing hands down.

 it was a fun collabo

neki desu

 

the silver lining

may and june were unseasonably cold hence my kuke plants were stunted.with last week's heat one of them just shoot up like a weed.the first one is already growing. had to pluck flowers  and some leaves which were preventing the plant's growth. the tomato plants have also pushed up but the tomatoes themselves are not growing. they are cherry toms but currently the size of marbles.

had not these under the radar and it was a pleasant surprise.not the  regular callas,but nice even though.

this month's a goner, why does summer go so fast?

neki desu