The first of the bundles revealed

The first of the bundles to be unwrapped – a silk/cotton blend which takes the plant dyes beautifully, wrapped together with a silk organza (bonus fabric).

The best part of the whole process – Here’s a short video of the unbundling:

Last night I went to China

I was walking down a long empty street, both sides lined with storefronts of alternating restaurants – Chinese, Indian, then Chinese again. I walked and walked, seemed like forever. I finally chose an Indian restaurant, went in and ordered some naan and water.

“aerial view” of LineScape #21 in progress ©2013 Ayn Hanna

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Art Cloth Eye Candy – Studio Play Time

Over the course of a few weeks, I’ve assembled a group of 13 silk screens with dye drawings. It was time to get to printing all of these out on cloth. Sunday became the day for the 6 hour long printing session.

printing out one of my silk screen dye drawings onto cotton […]

Fly Me to the Moon

Yellow. It seems my most favorite color lately. Some have argued that it’s actually green.

LineScape #22 – Window Seat, 18.5 x 30 in. © Ayn Hanna

A deconstructed dye drawing on fabric

with thread as well

LineScape #22 – Window Seat (detail) © Ayn […]

Let there be Light & Color and Shows, Talks, and Workshops

The home/studio remodel continues and I now have three new 8 foot long lights in my work space!

not the greatest photo, but you get the idea!

I had no idea how dark it was and how much my eyes must have been straining with the old lighting. Look at the difference below […]

Color and Dreams

Carpet is in! Painting is finished! And we’re on the verge of getting the living room, bath room, and dining room back together again.

(clockwise from upper left) living room with new ceiling, carpet, lighting, and paint; bathroom with new carpet, paint; new ceiling fan; new carpet on the stairs.

After a month […]

More Fire, Smoke, Heat, and Eco-dyed Silk Scarves

More, More, More

As the High Park fire continues to rage (now 56,000 acres burned and 45% contained), 1700+ firefighters are battling it, many people remain evacuated, and at least 181 homes are known to have been lost so far. And the fire conditions remain at “Red Flag” warning levels….very high temps, high winds, and […]

More Treasures from the Brimfield Antique Show and Weekend Art Results

My Major “Scores” this year at Brimfield

In this previous post, I told the story of my recent trip to the Brimfield Antique Show. Since I flew out there for the show and couldn’t schlep some of the treasures I found home with me on the plane, I shipped a big box home and it […]

Lucky Us!

One thing we have in abundance here in the mountain west: Rusty old horseshoes

silk, horseshoe-wrapped, vinegar, juniper dye bath

Top piece: cotton, bundled with plant material, steamed. Bottom 2 pieces: silk, bundled with horseshoes, dyed in juniper dye bath.

(detail view) Top, Cotton bundled w/plant materials […]

Eco-Dye-O-Rama Week

We had such fabulous warm weather this past weekend, I just couldn’t help myself. I got out my pots and buckets, soy milk and alum, silk and cotton, and browsed the yard with my clippers.

Plants for the dye pots, (from L to R) Juniper, some purple-ish bush from the front yard, holly, […]