Tuesday, June 23, 2009
dotz
Just waiting on the moon, I guess.
Before the dotz these cloths were sad. Now they are humming with life.
Stone Roses too.
Monday, June 22, 2009
hand dyes for sale
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Summer Solstice Dye Fest & Father's Day Feast
I am in the home stretch of a two day dyeing extravaganza only slightly relieved by a short stint at the local ER.
The last of almost about 40 individual pieces averaging 3/4 yards and up are rolling around in the dryer right now.
The color mood was generally restrained - I think the age of the dye powder is beginning to show
especially because I have not been able to keep them in a cool place.
Things ranges from midnight moodiness to the sublime and quite a few ridiculous. All and all I'm quite satisfied.
It really was too hot to be working midday on Saturday but I pressed on brain baked and a good portion of those pieces went back in the vats or under the Softscrub on Sunday.
Oh yeah, Saturday evening I took my son Jake to the emergency room to have an abscessed insect bite on his forearm lanced before it got a moments worse. He'll be fine.
There are at least a full dozen new Sugar Dyes in colorways ranging from emerald forest to desert sands. You can see the pattern woven into the damask in this picture. I was actually ironing this stuff in the heat.
If I seem a little possessed it's because I will have very little time for this kind of fun in the future - my Beloved, father of my finest creations, my chef, my personal shopper and all the kitchen cleaning elves are leaving - Jim has been called back to his real job!!
The boys came by today to spend some time with their Dad, eat some food and do some laundry. It was a wonderful day.
Friday, June 19, 2009
Measures of Pleasure
I did some more machine stitching on this with a dark, metallic thread to help define the layers a bit. The handwork I have planned may or may not work - it will be easy enough to pick out if I change my mind. I'm thinking this could be a small study for bigger things hinged on the same techniques.
Don't you find that things that are a pleasure to work on turn out well more often than the things that fight and struggle and balk you along the way?
And sometimes, no matter what you do, a wishpot will just go bad to the bone.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Random Acts of Dyeness
I know getting too excited about hand dyes before they have been washed and dried can sometimes lead to disappointment but I have good feeling about this group.
Odilon's pallette was ringing in my brain I think.
and sometimes you can tell it was a great day at the Dyeworx when the table mopper turns out like this one.
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