Madder on Hemp
I really like the colors of madder root on hemp fabric — done with solar dyeing, and I let it sit about a week in full sun. The unevenness of it is pretty...
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Buckthorn Bark Dye
This is Buckthorn bark on cotton canvas, raw silk and hemp — dyed in a plastic bucket using the solar dye method of letting it sit in the sun. I love thes...
Walnut Find
Look what I found! I think these are walnuts. The trees are about half a mile from my house, and appear to be part of an abandonned orchard. They border the U.C...
Ancient Relics
I’ve been working on some leaf printed and upcycled pillows, and I love the way these two pieces turned out looking like old and mysterious ancient relics...
Recent Leaf Prints
Holy Moly! Look at the color of these leaf prints on lightweight silk scarves that I unbundled this morning. It’s Loquat, Euclayptus and Catalina Fernleaf...
Dyeing with Eucalyptus and Ironwood
I’m dyeing some cotton yarns with local eucalyptus bark and fallen leaves from Catalina Fernleaf Ironwood trees. The eucalyptus bark is abundant, but I...
Finished Woven Scarf
And here is the finished scarf! It’s an experimental project for my rigid heddle weaving group. Our assignment was to weave a scarf using a rigid heddle l...
Weaving Up a Storm
I’m having trouble finding a contractor to build my new art studio, and in the meantime I don’t have a place to paint. Evidently it’s the busy...