Faces of India 2 - The Indigo Worker
Getting to the end of this thread paint now. You can see where the hoop has been attached for me to work on the neck and clothes area
Last March when I went to India we visited Bagru where the dabu dying and indigo printing was a major activity. This man was part of washing the huge bundles of indigo dyed fabric They were in vats and got into the vats with the fabric so he had a blue cast to his skin and clothes. I have tried to emulate in this thread paint. The image below shows my preparation for the thread painting. I use a basic citrus cleaner transfer method and then mark out the areas I want to work on with polychroma pencils
I am hoping to get at least 6 faces stitched on eco dyed fabric for the Waitomo Society of Arts exhibition in September
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