This piece is done in gutta resist on habotai silk. It is called "Jael". I think I have done about 5 pieces with her as the subject matter now and have about 4 more in me to bring forth before I leave her to rest. Jael is one of my favorite Old Testament women. She was a Hebrew woman who brought one of the generals of the opposition's army into her tent and gave him food and drink. While he was napping, she drove a tent peg through his head! Gotta love her!
This is a shibori dyed piece of cotton using clamps that were moved ever so slightly and then redyed a different color each time. I call it "Lunar Eclipse". 
Next is a long cotton panel that I "stuffed and dumped". It's almost 5 yards long and was the test run for an even longer habotai silk piece that follows.
Last one. This was a thrill to make. I did four panels like this; each being quite a bit longer than the cotton but each had it's own dye bath. They were used as backdrops for our church's Easter Sunday celebration. Glorious fun.
Happy dyeing everyone!
3 comments:
Marjie, What a fabulous piece of silk. It sure does make me want to dig out the dye stuff and make more fabric. Like I need more!!!!!
What -- not Ruth or Mary...Jael is your favorite... hmmm, Some might wonder what that says about you!! Personally, you gotta love a gal with spunk and guts!
:)
Lee
It's all ABOUT spunk and guts in MY book!!!! Ruth and Mary...fine upstanding women but Jael? She was a HERO! Hope it didn't mess up her tent much. She probably covered up the furniture. :-)
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