Hi and happy New Year. About time I blogged something, eh? I apologize for not being around but I was down with a rip roaring sinus infection. Way better now.The neighbor's dog woke us all up at 5:55 a.m. I am not a violent person but that whole situation makes me want to take a baseball bat like the one next to the front door and...but... I digress.
The only good thing about being awake at that time of the NIGHT is that I had a bit of alone time to think through another way to manipulate the dyes on silk. Here's what I decided to try today:
First I propped a piece of crepe backed silk satin that is about 45" wide by maybe the same length in the bathtub.
Next step was to mix a nice deep red. I decided NOT to mix it OR even to filter it. I was going to throw all caution to the wind, or to God, or to the dog next door; whoever had the most power to make chaos cease in my life.
Then I poured on blue. Unmixed. Bits of powdered dye slogged onto the top and began its journey southward.
Then I poured Turquoise next to the blue. In my other wicking and dyeing adventures, I have enjoyed seeing what Turquoise does. It's got a mind of its own.
Lastly, I poured unmixed yellow on the far end and let it also have its way.
By now the dyes are mixing and pooling at the bottom of the cloth. Shall I plug up the drain and save it or let it go? Let it go.
One last thing I did was to scrunch over the open portion of the red that you can see on the left hand side. I wanted it to get some dye action.
Now I leave it for about 6-8 hours. Hopefully no one will want to take a shower between now and then.
The temptation is to poke and pick a bit here and there but for this particular piece, I am done with it and am too tired to work further on it. I also have three orders for fabric waiting so need to get busy on something that pays the bills.
Here's to 2011. May you dye hard and dye strong.
3 comments:
Please be sure to post a picture of the finished piece, I'd love to see how it turns out.
I'm definitely a morning person, I wake up every day at around 5:00 am so it's hard to sympathize with you, but I'm not able to function after 9:00 pm like so many others do. The middle of the night to me is after 11 pm--if a barking dog woke me up then, I'd definitely be cranky!
Just rinsed it out. Looks awesome! Will post pics next week.
Any ideas on how to transport a dog across the border and then make a speedy exit?
Well,
Usually the problem is not with the dog (no matter how loudly it is acting out), but with the owner of the dog. That is the person you should be transporting.... Give the dog a scratch and a nice biscuit, and bring the poor thing inside so it isn't out at 5am, and it will probably find a nice warm corner in which to lie down and snore.
I'd love to see the photos of that piece as well. Loving your classes!
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