"Snowflake" ornaments
So Conflicted
It’s the most ideal time of year for gathering windfall leaves and doing some eco-dyeing, but since my show at Gallery 360 in MN opens in just 2.5 weeks, I’m instead stationed at my sewing machine on nights and weekends, creating a few more small LineScape textile paintings and finishing up the rest of the holiday ornaments for the show.
And yet…
acorns and walnuts
Thanks to my friends Sandra, Claire and Bryan, I have acorns and walnuts! Dye baths are brewing and I wrapped a few nuts in cloth for a dipping. Just a wee bit of natural dyeing, enough to get my fix for now any way.
cloth bundled & dyed with walnut & acorn (L), acorn & walnut cloth unbundled (R).
Upon opening these, I am reminded what wonderful browns are possible when dyeing with natural plants. I love the neutrals, and especially BROWN. There’s just something about Brown…. and pink.
Can’t possibly be down when you’ve got your Brown girl around. I’ve been assembling a stash of natural-dyed browns, to use in a new piece I’ve started all about my girl, Emma.
While I don’t have time right now to do as much bundling as I’d like, I have been gathering the windfall leaves and saving them (in the freezer) until I’m ready and able. As soon as I finish my work for the Gallery 360 show, I’ll be bundling up a bunch more scarves and stitching more new pieces to have ready for our 3rd annual Hanna-Hooly Holiday show on Dec 8th.
November will be packed with art-making of many sorts, getting ready for 2 more upcoming shows, as well as the much anticipated launch of my Hanna-Dyed Etsy shop. Oh, and I haven’t even mentioned my Creative Venture project I’ve been working on for the past 3 months as part of the AIR Evolve 6 month program.
More to come on all of this….it’s Great to be busy with ART!
was never a fan of brown until i had a dog and did ecoprints :)and yup, Emma and Nessie would be good playmates!
I know, right? Me too – dyeing with the natural plants has given me a whole new appreciation for the subtleties of neutrals, and it’s taught me even more about color and value.
The brown dye from walnut is gorgeous. Love the way you tied it. If I have them I would like to do the same. We can only have the nuts. Emma is so pretty. Her shining fur is so pretty. Thanks for your sweet comments. Your works are awesome.
Thank you Terrie, I think what’s great is that we get to share and see what others are doing around the globe as we each make good use of the plants that are local to us. I so wish I could have a eucalyptus tree in my region and have easy access to picking up those leaves/bark.
Your dyeing processes and results are amazing and I really appreciate the way you share your steps and photos – thank you, it is great to get to learn from each other isn’t it? 🙂