found, stitched and dyed Eucalyptus from Carol Todd Rowland @rainbowlight.org Description Silver-Dollar Eucalyptus, also called Silver-Dollar Gum, is most readily indentified by its round juvenille leaves which are gray-green in color and are attached to the branches by a stem. (Some of the other Eucalypts have the leaves attached directly to the branches.) The mature leaves lose their round shape and become more lance-like. There are many kinds of Eucalyptus trees, and all the ones I have seen have a distinguishing pungent odor when their leaves are crushed. Comments The best color is said to come from the round juvenille leaves of this species. Leaves can be used fresh or dried, but I seem to get the best color from the dried leaves. INGREDIENTS 24 ounces dried leaves 4 ounces wool, some mordanted and some unmordanted 4 quarts water METHOD 1) Cover leaves with water. Here's a Recipe using Fermented Leaves Question: What causes different colors from the same species of Eucalyptus? From Linda L. From Barbara H. From Linda L.
The Inhabit Project I'm really enjoying this collaboration with Vanessa of moira & obbie! We have two new pieces to share this week from The Inhabit Project. They complement each other nicely again, don't you think? My piece, Art Wall Deconstructed, started out as a basic image of my small art gallery area in my studio. I love how the linen fabric became three dimensional as I embroidered the circle. And here's Vanessa's piece, Coat: Threadbare. Once again, she offers a beautiful description of her thoughts: Vanessa Filley See more of Vanessa's pieces here and mine here.
INDIA FLINT WORKSHOP « make something A couple weeks ago, I had the honour of joining a week long workshop at the Contemporary Textile Studio Co-op with Australian textile artist, India Flint. India is world renowned for the magic she has created with natural dyes and her unique approach to imparting colour and foliage prints to textiles and paper. Since taking our natural dyeing class last year, I’ve been wanting to do more, (I think about it all the time!) but somehow haven’t gotten around to it. Silly how that happens. The opportunity to spend a whole week playing with plants and fabric with India at the helm was just perfect. We spent our days learning India’s gentle ways of collecting nature materials from florist or grocer garbage (with permission), going on windfall walks (collecting only what has fallen on the ground and not harvesting), learning about local weeds (plants that are in excess for picking) and looking in our own backyards. India’s approach to dyeing was very freeing.
the art room plant New Possibilities | HandEye extiles have been an integral part of helping children create possibilities for change. Trauma, often emotionally experienced, settles equally and quietly into the body. Ultimately, creating more suffering for the child's relationship with Self and with others. In this small Toronto studio, children have been participating in many different kinds of therapeutic experiences. When the studio opens, a young girl arrives. Walking through the inner door of the studio, we begin every session with a silence that naturally occurs for Vayla. How can I honor the grace of this small child, whose courage is defined by looking left or right instead of only straight ahead? We always find some doorway open; learning new forms of expression, through the body, grit and tears. Many children who have come my studio to work with textiles--for purposes of healing--have discovered a safe silence. Words may not be enough for some of the children who come here for healing.
Judy's Journal layers textures shapes and color Spirit Cloth Ok. So I have been mulling over this Feel Free thing. Kind of a long read here. Here is how I see imagine it. First off, I will be blogging here, as usual, at Spirit Cloth, maybe a little less frequently. Feel Free will be a separate site which will focus,in detail,on technique, idea, process. Mostly, the green words will be a sort of category guide, taking you to a new post at Feel Free, in which I might define/redefine a category. You have no idea what a bank of images, videos, audios etc. is lurking here. In addition, I will be using Flickr to organize my projects, like I did COMA. I will also, eventually, be closing Threadcrumbs and incorporating the content into Feel Free, as an inspiration resource. I am no spring chicken, you know? I plan to Open the Feel free site by Monday. alternative video link alternative audio link Meanwhile, an idea emerged from this undoing.
It's About Time A wrinkle in the calico Annick McKenzie - Colourist Artist Home, Sweet Home , 60cm x 40cm Our mission: To look for the house of our dreams and to book a fabulous restaurant for our 30th wedding anniversary dinner celebration…will it be in Saint Tropez, Sainte Maxime, Plan de la Tour even Flayosc or Tourtour ?… so many choices..maybe we will try a few during our 10 days stay! I am taking my two Moleskine sketch books, pens, watercolours and I know there are some exciting motifs waiting for me to draw and paint. We will also re-visit one of my favourite museum Le Musée de l’ Annonciade in Saint-Tropez. If you want to see wonderful paintings by some of the great Masters of Colour, this is the place to go and be inspired by painters from the Pointillist, Fauvist and Nabis movements…as they say in England ‘ just my cup of tea’ ! Who hasn’t got a golden dream ? For the last 20 years ours has been to find our home, sweet home, in the very place we love and yes, where we feel at home . I will report on this trip in two weeks time… stay tuned ! Merci Steve !