I was planning on doing some mosaicing this weekend... but when I tidied my studio yesterday, I found some raw silk hankies and my dyes. Needless to say, my hands are now a deep reddish colour...
I started my morning with a walk down to the Farmers Market to buy mushrooms for breakfast, I was there so early, they were still setting up. But sunny early mornings are my favourite time and too soon it will be dark and dingy. I love the feeling of being the only person awake, so Maybe and I headed back home to cook our mushrooms and check on the mordanting fibres.
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| Threads and Raw Silk in the Mordant Bath |
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| The Acid Dyes are applied... |
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| Then Steamed... |
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| And put on the drying rack... |
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| TAH DAH! - Beautiful Colours to play with. |
I now have a whole stack of beautfully dyed silks, threads and wool to play with in some textile/collage/mixed media way. Jung often went out and played to access his sub conscious and recognised the value in being creative, so as I work through my Mindfulness & Coaching course, I need to remember that playing is an essential part of my own needs. That and getting pretty colours.
After lunch of vegetarian scotch eggs bought from the Farmers Market I headed out with fellow artist and friend, helping him to chose locations to film in. He's making another K-Film and needed countryside for the shots.
So a very creative day today, which after 6 weeks of having children home from school, was much needed!
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