Eco Dying from the Garden
With summer weather and the help of solar electricity, I spent a good deal of time earlier this year doing eco dye experiments with foliage and flowers from my garden and recording the results for future reference. I used a tannin bath and potassium aluminium sulphate mordant on the cotton fabrics and pas on the silk and wool. Once the colours had been ferrous sulphate dip as a modifier to see what “saddening” the colours would do.
The main header here is whole dahlia flowers and below are some of the other results I achieved
What is my current Textile Focus
My interest in textile art is wide and varied. My focus at the moment is on completing panels for my scholarship project Parallels in Maori and Celtic customs and art. I am currently working on a Tromp L’oeil piece that represents the Winter solstice coming through a gap in the hills that was important to both cultures in mapping their seasonal world. the centre piece is hand embroidered and now I am trying to complete the effect of adding small pieces fabrics to create the effect I am looking for