will update on the cherry blossom festival in a day or so. 800 silk shibori squares in 2 days……
must go to bed so i can get up and teach shibori in the 4th grade classroom in the morning-
april is textile month-Yay!
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I will be demonstrating various shibori techniques Saturday and Sunday in Los Angeles at the 7th annual Cherry Blossom Festival in Little Tokyo. Everyone is welcome to stop by and try their hand at dyeing a square of silk using the various materials I will have on hand.
various clamping devices,string,beads,dyes,brushes,sponges,silk,etc….
-a couple of samples I [...]
is -a series of actions, changes, or functions bringing about a result
another definition of shibori. would you agree?
just working today. taking more photos and filling orders.
also contemplating the business of craft. yikes!
a couple of posts back i was “what-iffing” and started playing with some eggcrates. my idea was to use them to mold some fabric (3mm silk gauze) by compressing it between two of the eggcrates thereby creating texture on the silk. i further enhanced the idea by drilling holes in the peaks and valleys [...]
I did manage to get a bit of experimenting in among the production work yesterday and it was a bit of a disappointment. You know how when you’re in the shower with the hot water running over your head or standing ironing yards of silk you get these ideas of things you want to [...]
this week:
base dye black, mustard, teal, pink, red
iron and roll 200 yards of ribbon
pole wrap 200 yards of ribbon
discharge, overdye, steam set and dry said ribbon
unwrap, skein, invoice and ship.
made the indigo vat using synthetic indigo from prochem. i carefully followed the instructions on the website but i’m having problems (i think) with the [...]
10 yard roll of color #6- Purple Passion Borealis
Credit for this colorway inspiration goes to Karren Brito as Purple Passion was the first color I dyed using the recipe from her book. Beyond that, it was pole wrapped, discharged and overdyed using a variety of colors.
I have several colorways tagged “borealis” -dyed over various [...]
This ribbon was done down the length of the pole creating cross-wise pleats much like bomaki. Currently, I’m only making this ribbon for my own work as it simply takes too much time to produce in larger amounts. As you can see, it takes LOTS of wrapping.
So here is the front side of [...]
This is the backside to a new flower I made last night.
Do you wonder what the front side looks like?
Postcard for the Pasadena show. Starts next Thursday. Anyone going?
Today our New Zealand relatives arrive for a stay. Tonight we go to the House of Blues at Downtown Disney to see [...]
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