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Cross Sectioned Crafts – folktale art piece: Two Princes
I printed these guys last night. This afternoon I assembled them, I thought I’d show you how that was done, and took pictures of the first, but when I came to the second, I did it completely differently, but roughly, … Continue reading
Cross-sectioned Crafts – folktale art piece, day 4: pies
Day 2 was spent touching up the screens again, and yesterday I started printing. Just a bit, though, I was short on time… I only did enough for panel one. Today I assembled the prints: This is sitting on my … Continue reading
Cross-sectioned crafts – Folktale Art Piece, Day 1
Day 1! Well, sort of. I’ve been working on this off and on for a few weeks, but it’s just now getting out of planning and into reality. Here is said plan: I am apparently intending to illustrate a number … Continue reading
Cross Sectioned Crafts: Anatomy of a Screen Print
When I made up my most recent batch of prints, I thought here’s an opportunity to lay out my process for you. Continue reading
All in line for the sewing machine
First, there is this: It is something on the order of twenty-four new shirts*, mostly toddler and preschool sizes, hardly one of which is identical to another. I have another half dozen that are just a step or two from … Continue reading
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In progress for June
I’m unable to produce anything to show because life has become an unending cycle of dyeing and drying (and the drying doesn’t happen quickly because of the humidity!). I dyed two colors on Saturday, and I’ve got two buckets ready … Continue reading
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Cross section of a project – jellyfish pillow – part 4
part 3 It is beginning to look like it may not be a pillow after all, I’ve had some more ideas, but I can’t just change the title. hmmm. Here are the results of the final dye bath – a … Continue reading
Cross section of a project – jellyfish pillow – part 3
part 1 – part 2 7. once more into the pink… dye bath I must admit, I don’t think this step was strictly necessary. However, I had to do another pink bath anyway for an unrelated project, and I didn’t … Continue reading
cross section of a project: jellyfish pillow – part 2
Continued from previous post. Step 5: light blue dye bath. I do love the circles, but they’re kind of a pain… you will notice the pieces with circles are getting smaller. But it is not just blue, because pink and … Continue reading
cross section of a project: jellyfish pillow – part 1
Step 1: print and set fabric paint. Step 2: prep for dyeing – shibori techniques. The jar has a crumpled bit of fabric in it. The fabric on the outside is pleated, then tied to the jar. Step 3: dye, … Continue reading
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