aki no kyoto

have a good weekend

neki desu

 

there's a science involved in the print paste

 the freshness of it, the amount to print not too much as to create blobs along the edges, not too little  as the print will not be sharp and clear and  many other  variables that escape me.

the process has to become automatic the proverbial 100 repetitions in order to be competent and confident.

iffy,but better. remembered to dunge it but i think it needed more time.

my buckthorn dyes brown,go figure!

tonight is opera night,norma.

casta diiivaaaa.che inargenti queste sacre antiche piante...

neki desu

 

good ideas

poor execution. cochineal overprinted w mordant paste and then dyed in logwood.

logwood is so vile it overshadowed the cochineal.

just to think that then it will fade to almost white since it's not lightfast.  ಠ ಠ   

i need/ want to explore this  overprinting stuff.

 been fighting with stencils and a way to fix them to the cloth as it is mission impossible to find spray adhesive . don't know what happened but it  disappeared from the market.

 then, tadum, freezer paper came to the rescue.

every time i go to the u.s. i bring back rolls and rolls because it's a crafts staple.

cutting stencils from freezer paper is  fun easy and incredibly operative.

it worked well,but i forgot to dunge the work therefore the wash off was significant. these are processes that i want them to become automatic, then i can concentrate on the product.

i am learning quite a lot from the workshop, even taking notes, but i need to move on to module 2.!

neki desu