Mar 10
This is a small collection of my work. I like to use lots of colour.
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| Wallabi-Saltwater collection in double weave. Rayon and cotton. | Bushfire Series. Commemorating Ash Wednesday Fires. |
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| Renewal. Commissioned wall drape. | Ikat textile. Warp faced cotton. |
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| Ikat Textile. Warp Faced cotton. | Sequin weave scarf series. Double weave pocket textile. |
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| Fringe Weave.Hand-dyed cotton and rayon | |
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| Celtic Double Weave Runner. Cotton and Rayon |
I’m really happy with the way this turned out. I begun spinning up this yarn last winter and you can see the roving on my previous blog.
It is in brioche stitch and the softness and loft are great. I actually dyed up a whole kilo of roving so I could be spinning for quite a while!
This is for my husband Dave. He has never owned a scarf and perhaps now is the time.
Mar 7
The EDM challenge this week to continue with a self portrait induced me to try again. This time with a pen, straight in, no excess measuring and being content to restate over and over. I’ve also drawn this from a photo which changes the dynamics – but I’m happier about this drawing in some ways. The pen medium has something that the pencil doesn’t. I love pencil but somehow my brain and hands handle the drawing subject in different ways.
To me, all aspects of drawing and sketching are interesting. It makes me feel more relaxed about life…sort of having a secret (like chocolate) to look forward to all the time.
Drawing = chocolate?
Mar 7
It’s not all the time that an experimental textile is so pleasing, but this was. Undoing all of the knots after dyeing produced the most beautiful fluid designs on my woven shibori. I used a combination of fibre reactive dyes which I think simulates indigo to achieve the effect. It certainly made my complaint of weaving in boring old white yarn put to rest.
I’m going to weave lots of these!
Here’s a beautiful drawing of a plain weave basket.
Mar 6
I couldn’t wait to start my sampling of woven shibori after reading Catharine Ellis’s
I enjoyed weaving the cloth and it came along quite quickly and enjoyably although there are 2 shuttles in use.
The cloth is tencel and the shibori threads are mercerised cotton. This is a strong, smooth thread which will take the pressure of pulling and tying it.
I used a 16 shaft twill for the shibori thread, starting with 4 rows of plain weave between, then 8 rows then 12. I also increased the length of the twill skips as I wove to experiment in the sample.
I don’t like weaving with a plain, white yarn on the loom, and next time I will probably paint it first like this weaver has done.
After weaving the thread pulling was very easy.
It’s now ready to dye.
Mar 4
Portraits of the self are difficult and I think require a real study – doing lots of experiments. Anyway, I enjoyed drawing it and had a splash with the watercolours as well.
Self portraits also expose us in a very public way, which I think prevents me from seeing the subject in an honest way…of course putting this drawing up on a public blog also asks for exposure! There are paradoxes everywhere.
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