This was one of the fun things Ken and I did during our two-week fabric-dyeing intensive with Gail Denton at the Natural Dye Studio in Boulder in June!
We spent a couple of days exploring the interplay of the dyes with layering, double and triple-dipping, folding, fanning, tying, clamping and otherwise torturing the silks.
These samplers are fat-quarter-yard size (18 x 22 inches). Click on any image to enlarge.
The idea here is that these techniques can be used to make silk scarves and/or to cut up and make into quilts, and/or to create a base for layers of surface design – painting, stamping, screen printing, stenciling, surface dyeing using a thickening agent, etc. Some photos of THAT step to come tomorrow.
In the meantime, vote for your favorites!
Also watch for a blogpost later this week devoted to just our silk scarves.
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