Monday, February 7, 2011

CWB experiment 6-more transparency


This is the last experiment from my first dye batch.

Here the shibori is being shrouded by layers of cotton gauze, interesting but not quite working the way I envisioned. It is really hard to see but each of the strips is 3 layers; plain shibori, covered halfway with one strip of gauze which in turn is covered halfway with another strip of gauze.

I was hoping for a gradual erasure of the shibori. The effect is not happening for quite a few reasons, color, contrast or lack of it, and the weave itself is distracting from what I'm interested in seeing.

I dyed up another small batch of fabrics to play with tonight and I may be able to take another whack at it tomorrow.
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3 comments:

  1. judeFebruary 7, 2011 at 11:07 PM

    maybe silk gauze would work better.

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  2. neki desuFebruary 8, 2011 at 3:47 AM

    been following these with interest.
    they are all packed with creative ideas that could give you themes for years

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  3. alsokaizenFebruary 8, 2011 at 1:20 PM

    Hi jude
    silk might be a better choice but I think the main problem is the muted contrast in the dyed area, back to the drawing board on it :)
    neki you are SO right each of these give back so much food for thought, a banquet is forming!

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