Showing posts with label fabric dyeing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fabric dyeing. Show all posts

Monday, January 17, 2011

Artist Trading Cards


I mentioned the group of amazing women artists that meet monthly before. These ladies are a continual source of inspiration and motivation,and one of the ways we challenge ourselves is to do a project that we share with each other at the meetings. Our last project was to create Artist Trading Cards to swap.
Like most artists I have a difficult time getting rid of anything that could potentially be used in a future project, so I've amassed quite a collection of "schnitzels" (my Mother's term) of fabric. Little bits that are too precious to throw away-especially since they are hand-dyed and manipulated. So I stitched the bits and pieces together to make business-card sized trading cards. It was great fun and a good exercise in color, design, and sewing. And I still have bits left over to be recycled yet again!

Monday, January 10, 2011

Ice Dyeing


So cold, frigid nights have been my playground of late. This piece of cotton fabric was dyed with Dynaflow, then left outside overnight to "dry" in 20 degree weather. The wet dye forms ice crystals and allows the colors to meld in unplanned ways. It is always a surprise to open the door in the morning and see what the night has brought.