I am using katazome tools and materials in a non-traditional way with this piece. I have added paste and and dye layers, approaching it a bit like a painting but more backward and indirect. It will get 3 or possibly 4 more layers before I set it aside. In the beginning I drew out the composition, and had a sense of what stencils I would make and incorporate, but I did not plan the precise order of how various layers would come together. One part planning, two parts seat-of-my-pants, kind of like life.
Here I’ve pasted a new stencil based on Meadow Rue leaves in my garden, one of my favorite plants.
Stencil with paste
Meadow Rue pasted
Meadow Rue against the garden fence
A lovely design.
Great things going on here! Can’t wait to see the beauty that is hidden under all the layers.
Kit,are you enjoying this non-traditional approach to Katazome/working by the seat-of-your-pants?
@Annie B, thanks!
@ Shari, thanks for the visit! Yes, I am enjoying myself here. We’ll see how it goes over the next month — I’ll be making several more pieces with a similar approach.
You are “what iffing” and it looks very exciting. I find the whole katazome and adapted katazome process fascinating.
.-= judith´s last blog ..first principles =-.
yes, i’m quite engaged in this building of layers and look forward to the element of surprise after I wash out all the rice paste!