This wool blanket is special. It was produced in the UK sometime between 1941 and 1952 when the government set strict standards for UK produced products, to aid the war economy. The Price Control Mark label specifies this blanket, NPC 880, was guaranteed to contain 2 pounds of wool and had a set price of […]
Read More...To encourage staining on the tree cloths I made up a tannic acid solution…. …and sponged it on the cloths while they were wrapped around the trees… …and after it had rained while the cloth was wet. Staining did appear to be most active on the tannic acid soaked parts of the cloth.
Read More...My BA(Hons) studies resumed again in September. I told my tutor, Sarah Burgess, of my decision to continue with the tree cloths for my graduating exhibition work. She suggested I wrap 4 more sheets around trees as insurance. I bought 4 single-sized bed sheets and scoured them to remove all sizing. I pre-mordanted them in the nearby sea. […]
Read More...Throughout this term of my studies I had continued to move along about 8 other dialogues out in the forest that I had established during the previous term. By the end of the winter term I decided my final degree exhibition would be about the tree cloths – a big decisions when I still had […]
Read More...After washing and ironing the eco-printed samples… ..i found them uninspiring. This Cedar stem showed the most potential as a dye source. I tore off pieces of the Cedar tree cloth and soaked them in a number of different pre-mordants,sea water… … almond milk and ash water. Each sample was coded with the different combinations of pre-mordants it […]
Read More...After I had pre-mordanted 4 bed sheets, I wrapped my 4 trees with cloths for the second time.The 1st cloths were used for experiments in dyeing and sampling then sent to the UK to be assessed.These 2nd cloths will be used in my final work for my degree. Arbutus Big-leaf Maple Douglas-fir Red Cedar
Read More...I am wrapping my 4 trees again. This time I want to encourage more staining on the cloth so i soaked 4 bed sheets in almond milk and left them outside to dry. Then I took them down to the sea. Two lots of different pre-mordants should encourage the staining. While I was laying the […]
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