Lucy and the kids came down to play last Sunday- and a grand time was had. Well, at least by Lucy & I, for certain! The plan was to take the first steps in getting Lucy addicted to dye, etc. At the very least, we ended up with some pretty cool things in what, for dyeing, was a short day. The difference in intensity between wet dye and the finished product is always a shocker- but it makes for nice surprises.
Up first: my absolute favorite. I *knew* I should have told her to bring XL tshirts “in case they shrank”. Then this could totally have been mine when *shocker* it didn’t shrink at all.
Next: My 2nd fave. Bleach on Navy. Back then front.
I was worried about this one, but I love what happened. I had Luce add some soy wax before the dye. We splattered the back. Wet, then dry & the back.
The best little bit – down near the hem:
I did my first monoprint testing, played with bleach on some horrid circa 1989 rayon (that I’m SURE I NEVER WORE ANYTHING LIKE IT *cough*), and mostly just doodled around – but I also finally remembered to start doing my swatches. Cotton muslin and silk. Probably should start doing silk broadcloth swatches too. I’ll put pics of my doodling up later–
Oh- and I made some excellent progress in tests for glyph stencils for my SAQA Visioning piece. Tada!
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