WIP - Hands


More hand prints.  It is sooooooo unbelievably hot and dry here, normally we have a humidity level around 50% or higher this time of year, which is causing problems with drying times.  Problems as in everything is drying within minutes, sometimes seconds, making it difficult to work the cloth.

It Survived!


Untitled WIP - Hands - There was a small amount of ink washout but for the most part it survived!  The hand prints are barely noticable, which was the affect I was going after, an aged patina'd look.


Detail shot


I played around with the lighting, photographing the piece with just the light that was coming through the windows.


A future central panel???

Gearing Up for New Work


Bjorkboda hanging on the shelf on the far wall.


I compost dyed these about seven years or so ago, it's been so long now I don't remember when exactly.

 
Black gutta on compost dyed silk chiffon fabric.

Look familiar???  Yes I'm finally going to work with this piece, note it's in the header of this blog and one of the main photos in my books.



WIP - Bjorkboda


I'm almost ready for the hand stitching, I filled in a bit more of the piece with machine stitching to reinforce it's structure.


The forgotten dye note text now dealt with which resulted in more brown scraggly stitching being added to the piece in a random manner. 


Some verticles.


I've started thinking about the cottonwoods and how stoic they look when shrouded in the ice fog of deep winter. 

WIP's and Bjorkboda


I'm starting to like it more and more without the silk overlay.


I'm thinking of leaving the silk piece off now and using it on another piece of indigo dyed fabric.

Of course this piece of indigo dyed fabric also looks lovely with this silk piece.


So now I need to make a decision, and of course that decision might involve dyeing more cotton fabric with indigo!