The weather is supposed to be gorgeous here this week, so starting tomorrow I'll be setting up indigo vats and will dye some silk velvet fabric (silk rayon blend), silk ribbons, silk fabric, cotton fabric, and the like. I need to sort my natural dyes and see what I have that's still viable for over dyeing the indigo.
Yes, I will be video taping the process.
I’ve been sorting through the supplies I inherited this fall when a fellow artist went into hospice, and I’m listening to George Winston’s album Forest on YouTube as I sort. My kitchen smells strongly of the woods right now, pine cones, pine needles, and oak moss lichen. I’m in heaven.
In other news the sink in my wet studio is finally functioning again so will be starting the 30 Day Fermentation vat with my dried marigolds on December 1st. Check back soon, or sign up for my newsletter, to see my progress as I get ready to set up the vat, and as I deep clean my wet studio that I abandoned early last spring when my I no longer had water in said studio.
I am participating in a 31 Day Blog Challenge for the month of December with a group of artists, so am hoping posts here each day.
My fresh picked marigold flowers are resting on a piece of parchment paper and I will place them in my toaster oven on warm. In a couple of hours they will be dried enough to add to a gallon of warm water.