I took Karren Brito’s advice and did a test of the solar shibori against the steam set shibori ribbon.
In the case of the ribbon, I measured a 24″ piece from each type and hung them in the bathroom for a week now. They both still measure 24″. As you can see from the picture, [...]
Here’s another half written draft related to selling art, marketing and all that. I recently read this interview with a quilt collector by Linda MacDonald herself, a quilter.
It’s an interesting perspective and it made me think about who supports artists in our world these days.
I liked his reasons for collecting in the first place. [...]
Since we have such nice weather here in So Cal and there has been a lot of sun and heat here lately, it got me thinking. Could I use the sun to set my dye and pleats on the silk? So I tried it.
base dyed, pole wrapped, discharged, overdyed and bagged [...]
I have accumulated a number of half-written posts saved as drafts and since I haven’t posted in a few days I guess there’s no time like the present to kick a couple of them out into public view. Often when I am reading, researching, learning on the net I will save something for later [...]
I recently posted a question to the dyersLIST regarding the discharging of sabraset/lanaset color, emerald:
“I notice that whenever I discharge teal to orange, much of the orange fades to light grey/green. Is this due to oxidation or is it a photo chemical reaction?”
Karren Brito suggested that I do a gentler discharge if I wanted to [...]
Below is a list of the 40 places in the world that have visited the shiborigirl blog so far today. Are you listed here?
And it’s only noon! If you practice shibori, leave a comment and don’t forget to visit the shibori photo pool. Some new practitioners have posted some of their very [...]
Itajime and origami shibori are related. If you have been following Karren Brito’s blog, you’ll know she is teaching us how to do origami shibori based on a workshop she recently attended taught by Pat Freiert (beautiful new website!). Itajime, being the fold and clamp method of shibori, one can come up with [...]
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