More Progress
Now the pieces look like this.
July 07, 2008
Discharge Dye Experiment
Here is a quick photo of a discharge dye experiment.
More photos to come!
July 03, 2008
Happy Fourth!
Hope everyone has a happy & safe holiday!
We are still debating what to do, but will probably go to First Friday.
I took some photos today of the garden. It has been awhile and it has grown lots!!
We harvested the broccoli already and now are looking forward to our first cucumbers.
Now
Before
June 30, 2008
Sewing a tote!
It has been ages since I really sewed something. Well, I did sew a few silk ribbons awhile back but my serger was acting up so I quit doing that for awhile. This was a quick little pattern for a one handled shopping bag. It is not real big, big enough to hold lettuce and all the fixens for a salad. I used some of the hand dyed fabric from class and whipped it right up. I am happy with how it turned out! Excuse the corny garden background shot..... actually it's not corny, it's lettucey! :)
June 27, 2008
Terranova 2
A bead made with Double Helix Terranova 2 glass.
June 26, 2008
Testing photos
Testing out photos. Me and my camera just don't see eye to eye sometimes.
Photographing silver is so difficult!
June 21, 2008
Undyeing!
Oh, today was so fun at class! I love the little synapses going.
I love repetitive design. I cannot help it!
Our samples today make my heart go pitter patter!
These were made by Denise, Cheryl, Jean and I.
Hubby is driving home from CA and I should perhaps vacuum or wash the sheets, you know, wifey kind of things....The other side of me is so desperate to go buy bleach and make a huge mess in the kitchen (and it doesn't involve cooking)! I might have to compromise and buy bleach and do housework another day!
Sounds like a good compromise to me!
Three different discharge dyeing techniques. They are triangles (sankaku), tortoiseshell (kikko) and lattice (goshi) patterns.
June 14, 2008
Arashi Shibori
Today was the second of a four session class on dyeing shibori fabrics.
Holly Stewart http://thehollystewart.com is the teacher and boy am I loving it. Such stimulation!! Ohhh... and ahhhhhs....
I can't believe it has taken me like five years to take a class at the KC Art Institute. I should have done this a long time ago! Trying to learn things on your own really takes much more time and you miss out on the interaction, immediate question answering and meeting new people.
I am already wanting to sign up for more!
Five scarves from four of us gals in class.
June 13, 2008
Happy Father's Day
This is a wonderful picture taken by daughter Laura in Scottsville, Virginia
I am so incredibly proud of the her for taking, developing and hand coloring this photo.
The photo is of her grandfather and to me is very powerful in many ways.
