Monday, April 5, 2021

recent walks


 

catkins in the fog

 More walks lately, 

Blackstone Gorge trail


all kinds, 

spring daffs


alone,

rainy morning


 with dogs,

lichens


 with people,

river guardian


in the garden, 

maple blossoms


 in the woods,

fungi


 and out.

looking downstream


Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Ombre thus far

I have continued the ombre itajime experiments

I added a second color (its a deep burgundy)

and 

changed the clamping

here is the second result


and here is the first




there are a few more experiments on the way...

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Seep

 seep

/sēp/
verb





  1. (of 
  2. a liq

  3. uid
  4. ) fl
  5. ow
  6.  or leak slowly through porous material or small holes





Monday, March 29, 2021

Ombre Itajime, how to...

 



Diving back in here...

I was asked if I could give a better description of the process I used to create this design 


Its been a long time since then! I won't be getting into the specifics of the dye process, 

this is just a brief how-to for the folding/clamping. 

Supplies: fabric, clamps, containers, & dyes







start by pleating the fabric into a long rectangle





Next fold the long rectangle in pleats of diminishing length while matching the bottom edges of the pleats







Clamp the pleats together,
submerge the bottom (matched pleat ) edge into a container of dye 
and allow to sit undisturbed for 1-2 days







And this was my result, I used a different color of dye for the experiment 

and got a very different effect from the first piece  but the folded form is the same