Sampling
Did some experiments the other day with 12" widths of silk dupion and hemp silk. I like the results and am anxious to try some big stuff this week.
Above: Hemp silk shibori rust, scanned detail. Love the texture and the gold/bronze color. The blurry marks are due in part to the texture of the fabric and the high humidity. The design reminds me of ikat. The piece was tied, but I chose to scan an area where that's not obvious.
This is the silk dupion sample. I can't get over how deep the blacks are.
Both of these pieces were wrapped with 8 layers for the rust to penetrate. Harder going for the hemp silk, but I thought when I started out that the dupion was almost of equal weight. I've used habotai for so many years, did not realize the potential of dupion.
Beatifull designs - like the soft pink tones in the silk dupion too. May I ask you-is this the help of some berrie/grape? And are you going to use soda to stop the ironreaction?
ReplyDeleteNo berries--just rust and tea. I did use soda on both pieces before washing. The pink may be coming from the fermented juice I apply after wrapping. Sometimes I use walnut, sometimes sumac.
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