Wednesday 11 July 2012

colour close ups


Here is the selection of cotton that I have dyed so far.  I am interested in creating gradations of colour but also would like to increase the intensity of tone. 
Here I was working with a shibori technique folding and wrapping the fabric with string.

at the cottage

At the Cottage!




I have moved to the country for the summer.  This is the first time I am able to spend so much time on  my own in this glorious place, to be able to focus on experimenting with my fibres.  I am working with MX dyes from PRO Chemical.  Here are a few of my first tries.