Monday, April 02, 2012
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.
neki desu
Friday, March 30, 2012
and now some cool
from the king of cool himself. sorry no image, just distilled music.
have a grand weekend!
neki desu
Thursday, March 29, 2012
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
neki desu
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