More colorful batch this time! I expanded my tying and folding repertoire a bit too. All the dyes were PRO MX FIBER REACTIVE DYE Powder (aka: Procion Dye). I used Chartreuse, Lavender and Safari Grey (which looks more like an Eccru. This time I used the low water immersion method. Some of it was actually immersed […]
Author: turtlemoonimpressions
As a native plant gardener, the natural world is phenomenal and so much of the man-made world - our architecture, our cities - are stunning accomplishments. They exist hand in hand in both beautiful expressions and sometimes disastrous manifestations.
Our entire existence with the natural and the invented is intertwined – each dependent on the other, even as my art evolves, each breathing in the wake of the other.
As a mixed media artist - textile, paper, printmaker - various substrates and mediums - surface design is one aspect of the process that I love. I thoroughly enjoy the play with color, value and construct, particularly the improvisation which starts with one thing, an idea, a glimpse of a vision, perhaps something that captures my eye for a moment in time and it grows organically. I become focused on whatever piece I'm working on and follow my muse to find my way.
Shibori, Day 2
Yesterday’s work produced the desired results! Last year, at the World Quilt Festival, I purchased some gorgeous, muted natural colored mottled gradated dyed fabric that I loved! I used every bit of it. I was after a similar color scheme and I got just what I wanted! I used the pale yellow for the first […]
Outdoor Set Up & Shibori
I did get out to do some immersion dyeing on Friday but the results weren’t great. First of all, I thought I had plenty of yellow MX dye powder but not so…instead I used the liquid form and I guess I didn’t use enough dye. Some of it’s better than others but it’s mostly too […]
Turtlemoon Impressions 