The two large scale wicking experiments that I blogged about below are now hanging at the Chico Art Center. I was very happy that they both got hung in such a manner that they are not only extremely visible but show off their color and size quite well. As you can see, they are hanging without any wall behind them. 
Here is the second piece. I should have taken a picture for you from a distance back but was too preoccupied with other stuff to do that. I will see if someone else took a picture and then post it again.
I thought the show was pleasantly diverse and that the art center did a fine job of putting the pieces together so that they show off the talents represented.
Next show of the California Fiber Artists will be here in my home town of Woodland, CA in November and December.
I'm not finished exploring the world of wicking so will be doing more of that. I think I will be adding a new dimension to the pieces by adding tucks and folds in the finished piece. Stay tuned.
This is a picrture I took on the drive home of the street lights. Cool.
Tomorrow I will finish cleaning the dye studio (really!) as I have a custom run of silks to do for a bride to be in New York and there cannot be ANY stray dye or flecks of random color anywhere to cause damage. Know what I mean? Sigh. Maybe you do.
Thanks for looking!
8 comments:
Marjie,
Love the wicked pieces! Great job of slapping on the dyes (just kidding..)! Congrats on your show!The idea of added the tucks and folds sounds intriguing.
Kristin F. in SC
Thank you Kristin and slapping on the dyes is EXACTLY what I did (as you know). I'm still thinking about the tuck and fold idea and will start on something next week. Will post about it.
Hi Marjie,
Did you use the regular dye formulas or thickened dyes. The reason I am asking is that I have an idea for a wall hanging in my home and am intrigued by this technique.
Do you have anything written up on the way to do this?
Thanks,
Jackie (in Shibori II)
I used regular Procion dyes on silk. Not thickened.
I have been looking for my own combination of colors to make black on silk using Procion dye powders. I have the recipe which is EXTREMELY complicated and that I use for my own fabric dyeing business but it does not double or triple. It is so amazingly quirky which is why there still is no black Procion dye available that works on silk! I know that with time and patience I will crack the code. In the meantime, the recipes I experiment with wick out in fantastic ways. Rather than keep wasting silk with the testing, I started putting the knowledge to good use and these are some of the results. There is much more to come so to answer your question, no- I do not have this written down yet in a way that students can use the information but perhaps this would make a zinger of a QU class...yes? Wicked Wicking.
Let me know how you do with your project!
I love your concept: wicked wicking. I'll be in the front row of that class where you can keep an eye on me ;-)
Me too, me too!!
Harumph! TWO new classes to write and photograph! (Actually, I find doing that to be very stimulating and waaaaay fun).
Has anyone ever taken a class in Yahoo format? Pros? Cons?
Never heard of classes on Yahoo format. Fill me in.
Jackie
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