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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 […] Weekend Road Trip – Art Parties Is it really Monday? The weekend was a blur – It’s great to have such a creative family, although 2 solo show openings (one in Denver and one in Steamboat) on the same weekend is pretty over the top. My partner, Barbara Gilhooly had a reception for her solo […] 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 […] After my Artist’s Talk last Monday, I was in a meditative mood this past week. I spent many hours taking apart all these silk ties – prepping them to be usable for my textile work. ties on the lines Thinking about the making while doing something else Doing things like this is a […] 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 […] 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, […] Eco dyeing with natural plant materials! Eco Dyeing supplies: plant material, string, cotton and silk fabric, metal pieces. My friend Diedre Adams attended an India Flint workshop at this year’s SDA conference in Minneapolis, and shared her experience in 2 great blog posts. Who knew you could make cool art cloth by picking […] Simply irRESISTible show opens today at Some Things Looming Gallery in Reading, PA. My Tangled Webs #1 and #4 are included in this show. If you’re in the Philadelphia, PA area, please check it out. There is an opening reception 4-6pm today and the show will be up through Nov14. Click on the link above […] In my last post, I showed pictures of my fabric dyeing experiments in progress. Here are the pictures showing how the dyeing experiments turned out: Resist dye experiment after curing and washing Compare the above photo to the one in my earlier post of what it looked like before washing out. The end […] Resist dye experiment This week has been all about experiments. I feel a little like a Mad (Fabric Dye) Scientist and I’ve turned my garage into my lab. With both the Tangled Webs and the Wall Drawing series in mind, and after having done much research on direct application fabric dyeing techniques, I’m […] |
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