Spaced dyed cottons and threads using cold water dyes
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Calico with hot batik wax spooned on
Marks made with a fork
Coloured with copper metallic silk paints
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These are early experiments with batik wax
I'm pleased to notice that I've improved the technique
a fair bit since these early samples!
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The patterns were made by scratching into the wax with a fork
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Cotton dyed and salt crystals added to draw the dye
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More dyed cotton with silk paints and salt crystals
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Cotton tie-dyed in yellow - I used a Dylon cold water dye
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Silk dyed with a shibori resist - coloured with silk paints
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More cotton dyed with silk paints and salt crystals
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4 comments:
Hi Carolyn! Wow, I LOVE this blog, too! What gorgeous fabrics. I DO adore fabrics and I miss the old fabric stores we used to have. Now, it's hard to find them. When our kids were little, going to the fabric store was helpful therapy. I have so many fabric memories with my mom and sister, too. I think the quilting store is where I can get by fabric need met! AND your pretty blog! Yahoo!
I absolutely adore your work :)
So much so, that I'm actually using you and your work as an inspirational starting point for my own GCSE textile wall panel! I was just wondering if I could ask you some questions that might help me with my research?
Thank you! And keep up with the epic work, ♥
absolutely adore the circles batik carolyn xx
This is a great web site. Good sparkling user interface and very informative blogs. I will be coming back in a bit, thanks for the great article. I have found it enormously useful..
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