more course results.

One of Pat's pieces-nice to see that the print and devore and cut out areas all link together.

This  is Valerie's very subtle avocado dyed piece,still in progress as witnessed by the pins.It is amazing how each person has a different take on the same basic technique.

Devore lace sample ,felted to fine pre-felt by Daphne,then dyed with rhubarb root extract-amzing how this picks out the pattern even with all that texture.The end of another really successful day with masses of work achieved and alcohol at the end to round it off before a relaxing evening.What more could we want?

Lace felt course

Already day 2 at the atelier,sun shining and lots of work being done.

Bushes draped in Devore lace-so much work there isn't enough space to hang it up,so our little bush is dressed up in its best.

This is Eileen's lovely piece,produced from a screen which in turn came from her drawing of some old lace.

A piece by Sarah,to echoe the large piece of felt made yesterday and then cut carefully into a beautifuk design.Tomorrow we will begin the work of combining fabrics,light with heavy,plain and textured.Very exciting to watch it all grow.

New book

First of all, welcome to new followers-have been meaning to say this for a while,and keep forgetting.

And next,my new RUST AND WOAD BOOK is pictured above.I'll be putting it in my Etsy shop next week-another thing  I've been meaning to do for a while! It has images of the processes involved in dyeing with my two favourite things and some images of my work.

I'm currently working on my linen,devore and felt combinations-further developments of the Snow Queen work I did for the Odense exhibition, at Felt in Focus,which ,by the way, was a really exciting exhibition and a credit to those who mounted it.

Lace kimono

This is the first side ,lying on the bench before i stitched it together.I now have two sides all but completed.Still have to print the second side and dampen it to pull it into the shape i want,then i have to think about the back,which in many ways isn't quite so important.Of course, there is the thought that because the front is relatively transparent,the back will be seen through some parts if it is to be hung in an exhibition.Have spent some nights whilst sitting sleepless because of the cat coming and going ,thinking about this and haven't yet come up with a conclusio-suck it and see??Cat now has a cat flap,so hopefully better sleep and less thinking time!

Thinking of the lace kimono

These are my lace mood boards which I,m hoping will inspire me to great things.The picture on the right shows the devored sample which I'm certain I'll use in combination with a felt version for part of the fronts.It has been screened based on a piece of lace which I drew a while ago,from my collection of old French lace & I think that the scale of the design will need to be changed for the felt version-that is still to come,but will certainly make use of my new sharp scissors!

Staring at thes boards is a legitimate displacement activity but can only be justified for so long.The trial fabric kimono is going to be dip dyed over the weekend,weather permitting.More of that later.

More Slow cloth

 

More slow cloth!It is growing by the day and I'm experimenting with combinations of dye extracts/mordants and Gum Tragacanth for printing on the white areas.So far Quebracho red and iron liquid have given a striking black, but the print is washing out when I rinse the samples out-probably not waiting long enough for it to set before washing-patience Lyn!
The weather has been scorching and we went to a vide grenier to scout out old French books to alter,with great success.My latest altered book is now finished and my Kimono constructed from damask is progressing, ready for me to create a felt/devore lace version-getting excited about the thought of this.