Rust Dyeing eClass

 

Growth.

Rust Dyed Cotton Fabric

Machine Stitched.

I'm working on the content for the Rust Dyeing eClass!!!  Learn how to rust dye fabric, paper, and how to overdye with tannins, etc., for a gorgeous one of a kind surface!

Bjorkboda detail.
Rust, tannin, and indigo dyed cotton fabric.
Machine and Hand stitched.

More Skull Photos

Still don't have a positive id on this skull. It was found in the green belt are near the Skunk River, central Iowa. 

Unknown Skull

I was told that this was an opossum skull, but I'm not so sure it is...

Chicken and Broccoli Fettuccine in Alfredo Sauce

I'll post the recipe later, John helped me make this tonight and it was by far the best I've ever tasted!

Desk Surface Found!

In the spirit of accomplishing one of this months goals, get the bookwork done, clear off my desk, and deep clean my office, I am a third of the way there.   Found:  One desk surface!!!  I'll have to do is dust it and vacuum the walls and I'm ready to finish off the bookwork.

Yestday I worked on these three Corn pieces, they are still in progress.

Daffodils

I need to get these in the ground and desperately so!

Raised Vegetable Beds

From this, which was about ten inches deep...

To this which is about 18-20 inches deep; we need more soil though because...

The first thirty seven bags of organic top soil wasn't near enough to fill the box!  I will be planting leeks, garlic, parsnips, and a few other yummies later in the week.

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Fruit fermentation vat.

 

 

The dark stuff towards the center is the indigo pigment settled at the bottom of the vat.

 

 

 

A lovely shade of yellowish green.

 

Indigo

The indigo vats are looking oh so wonderful!  The indigo in the above photo was on it's way to reduction and now has fully reduced.  So part of today's plans are to dye some fabrics with indigo. 

My live streaming capabilities are on hold at the moment so I will video tape my dyeing session and place it over at the Natural Surface in the Indigo Dyeing Group!  If your not subscribed to The Natural Surface then come on over and join the fun, membership is $29.95 a year.

Mystery Mixed Media Goodies

Today I will start putting together mixed media mystery bags, once they are put together and their photos taken I will be putting them up for sale in my shop.  I've decided on the direction I'm going so I'm parting with some of these yummies so that I can focus.

Earth Pigments on Cotton

From this past weekends streaming session; raw sienna and raw umber on cotton fabric.

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I will be live streaming this evening, I will be using Google Groupchat this time.  In order to attend the live stream you have to be a member of one of my circles. 

Here's the thing, somehow I have two google accounts, so if you type in my name and you see the above banner that is the correct account.  Request to be a member of my circles and I will add you!

The good news, from last nights live stream, is my fruit fermentation reduction did happen late last night sometime!  I will redux the fruit fermentation process in this evenings stream and hopefully there won't be any noise issues this time.

Live Streaming from Google Groupchat Tonight!

Until I can figure out how to combine my two google accounts please follow my Google+  with the accompanying banner photo! In order to include you in my live stream tonight you have to be in my "circles" on google. For some reason I'm not allowed to stream to the "public" and I cannot figure out how to create the invite linky...

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Earth pigments, gesso, ink, oil bar, and fabric paint, on cutch dyed cotton fabric. Will be discussed in depth tomorrow on the Natural Surfaces Forum, and hopefully with a higher quality video than tonights session yeilded.

Raw Sienna and Raw Umber

I streamed tonight, such as it was... I say that because the audio kept dropping.  I will be streaming tomorrow evening from another site and hopefully that will work out.  Until then I posted in the Natural Surface Forum on the fruit fermentation reduction vat and about the earth pigments above.

Fruit Fermentation Vat and Live Streaming

Attempted my first ever fruit fermentation vat this evening, notes about this are over in the Natural Surface forum, I liked it a LOT!  I streamed this session but was having a lot of issues with Ustream, so I will be streaming again tomorrow evening and from Google/YouTube Live instead of Ustream.  I will post a link tomorrow for the stream location.

I also worked with some earth pigments in this stream, it's recorded but will say I'm not sure how much of the recording has audio. 

I'm off to spend some quality time with hubs and my favorite pooch Angel.  See y'all tomorrow evening!

WIP's - Sandstone Series

 

This Sandstone piece has been in a bucket for the past decade, every once in awhile I dig it out and stare it it on my design wall (in my case my design wall is a bookshelf).  Today's it's day, I've decided to seperate the two pieces of fabric and overdye the top piece with kutch, and maybe some kamala.

 

Detail, the reddish fabric is cochineal and rust dyed silk fabric.

Another Sandstone WIP that has been languishing in the storage bucket for the past 10+ years.  It's mostly hand stitching on the surface, tonight I have plans to add some machine stitching and possibly a few layers of constructed cloth.  This piece is small enough to experiment with pushing the surface.

WIP's - Constructed Cloth

Made sometime around 2000/2001 when I was on a pod making journey.  Threads on water soluble fabric.

 

Front view of the pod sides.

 

Back view of the pod sides.

Now that I've found these pieces, and my pod pattern, I'm thinking of persuing these again.  I stopped due to lack of time and lack of materials, i.e., at the time I didn't have the soluble cloth I really needed and now there are gobs of options available.  Aquabond is my favorite water soluble stabilizer!

Queen Anne's Crows

Queen Anne's Crow's available in my store.

Digitally printed cotton fabric, painted timtex, machine stitched.
Size 7 7/8" x 9 7/8"
Matted and framed to 11x14x2 inches

WIP Hoodoos No. 4

This piece is starting to come together, and it's trying to tell me it wants a horizontal orientation. 

Natural Dyes on Silk Fabric, machine stitched.