the reds

 

and lots of patience. patience to extract the dye, to age the mordanted cloth to dye slowly.to re dye and age. not mentioning the loom controlled shibori; the tieing, drawing tight the cloth, untieing. no one would pay for all the hours spent.that's why i do it for me.

 

some considerations: the cotton didn't shrink as much as intended so the cloth is pretty open, almost like a gauze. i'll have to line the garment if i don't want to overexpose myself.
i'm pleased with the color shifts a result from mordanting with alumn and then painting with iron in certain parts.


the pattern and the pleats. don't know whether to iron it flat or not. it will not hold the pleats forever and sewing will be impossible for me.


on the thyroid front i was prescribed eutyrox50. will be making merkel labs richer.i read that people on it put on weight. as if i hadn't put on enough. holding back until i get another opinion. looking for a doctor that listens and then prescribes. feel  like Diogenes with his lamp.



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and now some cool

 from the king of cool himself. sorry no image, just distilled music.
have a grand weekend!

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this one is about history II

from the natural and white linen honeycomb i moved on to colors. the triptych was microwaved dyed  silk in warm  and cool  colors. i also knew very little about dyeing and  was trying microwave dyeing for the first time. yes, it the same one i cooked food!!

after the triptych i moved on to warp painting with textile paints.i wanted to incorporate images and sparse woven motifs thinking that one did not really have to weave motifs selvedge to selvedge. little did i know then that it was called brocade.

both pursuits opened possibilities and have accompanied my weaving ever since  one way or another. note the bleeding honeycombs at the bottom. rinsing thoroughly was not a concern then. experience  is a good teacher.

looking back  this project was great schooling. it set the foundation for the rest of my weaving the way i approached weaving, color and design. i knew i didn't want to go the texture route because it was too obvious and too easy. remember this was the  early 80's with the lumpy clumpy aesthetics  carryover from the 70's.

the draft. you can download it as wif  here

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