I’ve conquered procrastination (just this once) and have made a 40″ long set of harite. Each set I make gets longer. I started with 20″ wide. This set will allow me to stretch fabric up to 36″ wide.
40" wide harite
palette
Every Sunday evening I make a little plan in my head about what I intend to accomplish during the week. Reality often doesn’t exactly match this little plan, so I’m often behind. I stretched and soy sized two lengths of fabric this morning, and made rice paste. I’m also thinking about color palettes. I made this test of the natural pigments (using the pigments straight out of the jar mixed with soybean milk) on a natural color linen/cotton blend. That vermilion really makes my heart beat! (Oh, and I see I’ve spelled it incorrectly there.)
I’m curious about how you stretch your fabric…what do you tie your harite to?
I work in my basement, which has concrete walls. It also has 6×6 posts in the middle of the space. I’ve attached aluminum handles (from the home box stores) to the concrete and to the posts. I stretch between these and also sometimes from the clothesline beyond the post. Here are a couple more posts where I describe this setup.
http://www.kiteastman.com/wordpress/2009/03/23/studio-improvements-tool-making-fabric-stretching/ and
http://www.kiteastman.com/wordpress/2010/01/20/liking-the-new-arrangement/
I look forward to working outside this summer!
i am totally in love with this chart.
.-= jude´s last blog ..a wishy washy day =-.
me too! :)
My goodness, you HAVE been busy. I love your color chart :)
hi Annie!