Voice

– Posted in: Color, Mixing Color
dyed fabric

Do you ever watch The Voice on television? I saw my first episode a few weeks back while rocking my grand baby to sleep. I enjoyed the interaction between the singers and the mentors. Last week, one of the singers sang a rendition of True Colors. Such a beautiful song. Developing an individual voice is [...]

Illumination

– Posted in: Discharge, Workshops

The creative possibilities of removing color from cloth continue to excite me. Illumination is one of the techniques I teach in my class called Dyeing to Discharge, which I mentioned in my last post. Simply put, it is the technique of replacing color — removing color and adding another at the same time. Above, Cindy [...]

The Mysteries of Color Removal

– Posted in: Discharge, Workshops
The Discharge Bath

Coming up in early summer at ProChem is my course called Dyeing to Discharge. Evocative, mysterious shadows reveal themselves in discharge techniques. A variety of patterning techniques will be explored, as we learn about both oxidative discharge (bleach) and reductive discharge (Thiox and deColourant) on both cotton and silk. This is such a fun class [...]

Mothering

– Posted in: Inspiration
Mother Cardinal and young

Time passes very quickly for me. Does it fly for you, too? This winter, I took a scheduled break from teaching, so I could do some concentrated work in other areas of my life. This website rebuild is one of the things I have accomplished. Winter is now spring, and my new web-baby is launched! [...]

The Colorful Houses of Burano

– Posted in: Inspiration
Colorful Houses of Burano

A couple weeks ago, I had the tough job of accompanying my DH on a business trip to Italy. We added a few days to the beginning of the trip, so it wouldn’t be all work. I found such color inspiration! Here are some of the houses on the tiny island of Burano, across the [...]