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| cotton shibori stitched |
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| and result after onion skin dying |
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| wool shibori tied and onion skin dyed |
wrapt, tied and marked by nature - a slowly evolving collaborative project involving women and cloth, trees and rocks, wind and rain, plus time
Monday, April 4, 2011
More overdyeing and shibori
I did some shibori stitching on one of the cotton pieces and on the wool piece. Can't remember which trees they came from. Dropped them both in the onion skin dyepot and was very happy with the results.
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Very clever Deanna, love the circles..
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Annette
they look excellent, and you put me to shame as mine are still sitting quietly looking at me.
thanks, kaite. it's not a competition. just throwing out some ideas some of you might want to try.
and good ideas they are too...k.
What is absolutely fascinating is the wool onion dyed shibori - looks like peeling bark.
marti---the wool really soaks up the dye. i see 3 ghost like figures on the bottom half of the wool piece. i'm going to try and do some stitching to enhance what i see.
The onion skin dyes are so wonderful. Can you tell me how you are doing the dye pot? Are you just placing onion skins into water and boiling with the cloth? These are so beautiful. I love how you are using this shibori technique. So beautiful.
this is great Deanna.
Oh mine is still on the vine.......
XXXm
Hi Deanna -- Thanks for your nice comment on my blog! I loved going through yours and am fascinated by the tree wrapping. It looks like two of the wrappers are in my corner of the country. I'll keep my eyes open for them.
Deanna...these cloths are wonderful. The shibori is something that I've been thinking of trying. I'll give it a try soon after seeing these...really inspiring.
oh you'll love doing it, Shishi. the best part is removing the stitching after it's dyed. it's always a surprise. I'm almost finished embellishing that middle one. Just need to stitch it to a background.
The circles are lovely! Larch is one of my favorite patterns, someday I will have to try the eco dyeing, it looks fun
First of all, thanks for visiting my blog. I had to jump over and visit yours and WOW! I've never seen anything like it, never heard of wrapping trees - I just kept reading - now I'm your newest follower. I moved out her to be near trees and now I'm beginning to get acquainted with a few special ones. Love, Linda
These fabrics are stunning!!! My grandmother taught me a technique to dye Easter eggs with onion skins, never thought of using fabric. You have my curiosity totally piqued over fabric tied to trees, I am off to explore this fascinating idea. I am so glad you dropped in for a visit!
Loving thie shibori. You got some nice results. My students did some in a walnut bath and their results were not very good. I think maybe they didn't pull their stitching up tightly enough,or the size of the stitching was not right. Any hints for us?
the size of the stitches will only give you different markings but, yes, it must be pulled very tight. if you stitch with a double thread, it is easier to get tight stitches because you will be able to pull each row of stitches separately and tie a knot. my e-mail address is on my main blog if you have any questions.
What an interesting hobby! I love the onion-skin dyed fabric that you made. It's really pretty!
I've been meaning to get over here and check this out forever... Deanna that is just gorgeous!
The onion-skin color is wonderful! My grandmother used to dye easter-eggs by tieing them into a cloth and boiling them with some vinegar.
thanks for visiting here, Eva. this is such an old post when some of us were experimenting. i am wanting to dye some eggs that have been emptied of their inner contents but can't decide the best way to do it. they will be quite fragile after being emptied and i want to do some wrapping on them. will have to experiment some.
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