on collaboration

a plain weave in silk with some wire added.the piece was flat and  somewhat commonplace nothing exciting happening.fabbiene added wool, felted it and added some stitched circles creating a lovely texture.she sent it back to me with some  your turn message of sorts.

i'm here now after wrapping it and dyeing in my brazilwood soup.i also added some black stitching and am foreseeing more to come.collaboration projects are enriching provided there are no deadlines. :)

 turning a page now i am reading this  article on  fabric hoarding and hiding very slowly. it exposes a variety of ideas i found quite  disturbing.you can download the pdf from the site.


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now and then

the style council

they were fab and they still make sense.
have a great easter weekend!!


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exhausting the dye pot

never before such a successful dye extraction! rich and deep color with a big yield  of dyeing pigment.

there was still  a lot of dye that could not be  thrown away so i started looking for things to dye to use the remaining color.  the above is a piece of cotton from a recouped dress. it has some  leaves which were previously wrapped and dyed and a resulting ghost shibori. the outcome was mildly interesting, but needed color in a bad way to balance the dirty dish water browns. it doesn't look bad now. there will be some stitching also and i want to do something to highlight the snap on the top left .

there are still  more pieces in the pot . some felts from friend fabienne, yes the same one who yet has to set up her blog :) 

if you're at facebook check some  photos of her awesome work. she has influenced me with her dyeing.


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