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

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...

Seep

 seep

/sēp/

verb

1. 
   
2. 
   
3. 
   
4. 
   
5. 
   
6. (of 
7. a liq
8. 
   
9. uid
10. ) fl
11. ow
12.  or leak slowly through porous material or small holes

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