Are My Botanicals Light fast
This ingenious little cardboard wallet can be used to check if your botanical colours are light fast. A test sheet of the dyes you want to check is prepared on water colour paper. The dyes are named on the sheet for reference. Half of the test sheet is inserted into the pocket and the whole is left if bright sun for several days - the dashboard of a car parked in the sun in a good option. The wallet is simply made from packing cardboard folded over and taped along one long side and the two shorter sides. It needs to be short enough that the inserted test sheet is partially in the wallet and partially exposed to the sunlight
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