What am I going to do with this??

 I had a lovely day with a  couple of friends earlier this week. We did some eco-dyeing. 

I didn't really have an idea that I desperately wanted to do. So I took along some silk and cotton - no synthetics for me! I did take some foliage but it didn't make much of a difference to what we ended up with. 

On our arrival, our host had prepared two pots that were already boiling. We wrapped our fabrics in various ways and put them in the pot. 

  

One pot was eucalyptus-based and the other was also, but, somehow, some iron got into the vat! So we ended up with quite lovely greys from that pot. The other pot gave us some beautiful browns - golden browns.

As I hadn't done any natural dyeing lately, apart from my experiment with the hollyhocks, I didn't have any particular expectations. 

Now I have some lovely fabrics that seem to want to go together - the darker fabrics from the pot with the iron (and eucalyptus) have a slight purple sheen, especially when in the sunshine. 

i now have a small, collection of fabrics that I will have to wait for some inspiration about how to use them.

We had fun though and I can feel a developing interest in more eco-dyeing growing. 

This is the fabrics that I have from the iron pot and the hollyhock dyeing. I will do something with them one day in the not-too-distant future. 

Another Month!! Time is definitely flying!!

It is almost a month since my last post. Not a lot has happened  but I have found some old works to put into a show called the Art of Again. It is about recycling and using that in our art. 

I have not made new pieces, I have used ones that I have made previously but that I think will fit the bill - they use scraps of fabric to make something new. 

The exhibition will be at Strathdon House, 449-465 Springvale Rd, Forest Hill. 

I'm not certain of the open days, it may only be Thursday to Sunday and be for two weeks. I don't have to help with sitting in the exhibition so I am not certain of the times. But I will definitely visit it. 

I am not sure that there will be room for all that I have put in so I'll have to wait and see. 

I have done my horse fabric collage, my Making Waves one and a couple of small experimental pieces as well as my Ro Bruhn fabric book that I recently finished.  (I just looked it up and when I did the workshop, it was 2021!! I have worked on it recently to complete the book.)

I could only find a picture of it in progress - but it gives you the idea. The sky is made using an old blouse of mine that has been used in other works too. 

By the way - it is 22/3/25. My inspiration for posting today!