The artists The labels were intriguing. Jay Rich, ‘Indigo Butterflies’ ‘Indigo Butterflies’, detail – side view Lisa Grey, ‘After the Fall’ series, 22″ h x 15″ w, leaf prints Lisa Grey, ‘After the Fall’ series, 22″ h x 15″ w, leaf print Lisa Grey, ‘Morphology I-XII’, 10″ x 10″, mixed media collage Lisa Grey, ‘Morphology IX’oops, […]
Read More...During the few hours break between the conference and start of the next week of workshops, a group of us took advantage of an outing organised by Valerie Walker (on right) EspaceFibre.com, transmedia fibre artist, gallery owner, natural dyer, radio host, instructor etc etc – you know the multi-talented type. She had organised a happening […]
Read More...Stage 9 – Dabu mud-resist is applied where the 1st shade of indigo blue needs to be kept. Dabu can withstand a maximum of 4 dips into the indigo vat. Stage 10 – The textile is immersed again into the indigo vat & spread in the sun to develop the colour. Stage 11 – The […]
Read More...Stage 5 -Washing removes the printing gums. Stage 6 – The textile is immersed in a hot alizarin bath for 1 hour to devlop the 2 shades of red. Stage 7 – Mud-resist paste (clay-earth & gum) is applied with blocks to mask out areas of the design to remain red or white. Sprinkled with […]
Read More...Madder & pomegranate drying field. The dyed textiles are laid out on these stones to dry. There was a drizzly rain the day we visited so there were no textiles laid out. Pomegranate husks in the foreground & the indigo drying field in the middle ground. A delicious collection of Ajarakh & other traditional block […]
Read More...A visit to a natural dyer of Australian merino wool. A 2-year old indigo pot. Pit loom weaving.
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