Snow hats on seed heads

by Kit on February 8, 2010

in Inspiration, Miscellaneous, plants

snow hats

snow hats

We are having a fluffy snow this morning. The flakes are making hats for the Rudbeckia and Echinacea seed heads.

Echineacea seedhead

on seed head

Birdxbird was a great success. My owl hanging found a new home, as did many other bird themed works. Birds will benefit.

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Pattern, color, rhythm

by Kit on February 4, 2010

in Flora and fauna, Katazome, Natural dye, Works on Cloth, plants

I enjoy repeat patterns – a challenge to design and a fun to discover variations on a theme. Perhaps I like them for the same reasons I enjoy traditional Irish music, Mozart,and the Delta Blues. Visual rhythms, process rhythms, keeping time, leaving space for imagination, practice for my hands.

I’ve washed the rice paste from the cotton/linen blend, decorated with Meadow Rue and Tulip designs. Below are photos of results. Each piece is approx. 24×62.”

image of katazome meadow rue pattern on cotton/linen blend

Meadow rue, natural pigments on linen/cotton blend

image of meadow rue detail, katazome on linen/cotton blend

Meadow rue detail

image of tulip pattern, katazome on linen/cotton blend

Tulips, natural pigments on linen/cotton blend

image of tulips detail

Tulips detail

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For the birds

February 1, 2010

BirdxBird Silent Auction and Benefit
Don’t miss BirdxBird 2010 this coming Saturday evening, February 6th!
The 8th annual exhibition and silent auction featuring work by 130 artists in all media to benefit
Audubon Center of the North Woods & Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary!
Reception and silent auction
Saturday February 6, 6:00-9:00p.m.
With music by Mary Klueh and [...]

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Curing, soaking, frosty garden

January 31, 2010

While preparing my stencil-dyed cloth for a soak in the tub this a.m., I noticed this frosty vision superimposed on the back yard.

The fabric has been curing for about a week, hanging from the ceiling near a radiator. The backside shows the raised texture created by contrast between the dried rice paste resist and the [...]

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Some bunny’s hungry…

January 25, 2010

This morning I saw this little fellow contentedly munching the remains of our kale, which was sticking up above the snow. We didn’t pull the it out of the ground this fall because it always seemed to perk up after a freeze. I’m glad the bunny waited until winter. He’ll get his B-vitamins! Our dog [...]

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Craving color

January 23, 2010

I was thinking today how monotone winter can be. This weekend it’s been raining, sleeting, the snow is dirty and the skies are dark gray. Then I found this photo I snapped a couple of weeks ago …

I’m dyeing this work with fuchsia and turquoisey-teal, and where they overlap makes a kind of violet. Keeping [...]

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Liking the new arrangement

January 20, 2010

It’s amazing how shifting a few objects around in a room can open it up. I pasted a long piece of linen yesterday (3+ yards), and began painting the work today. I can move around the work more easily. The picture shows the pasted section resting on the top of my flat file, which is [...]

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Katazome giveaway winner; Ropes and sticks: beginning again

January 17, 2010

First of all, congratulations to Fran of Sun Valley, Idaho, the katazome giveaway winner! Thanks to all of you for putting your name in the hat by signing up for my updates and/or RSS feed!

This weekend I cleaned my basement workroom/studio, clearing clutter and hoping to find another square foot of space to use. (According [...]

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Talk about slow …

January 11, 2010

(if you are looking for the Happy New Year Giveaway just click here. You may enter ’til January 15th!)
I recently joined the Slow Cloth Facebook group, created by Elaine of Red Thread Studio, Jude of Spiritcloth and Glennis of Shiborigirl. The group will provide a place to discuss process, textile traditions, ideas on marketing with [...]

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Gorgeous example of katazome on paper

January 9, 2010

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This week the Dreamers Rise blog features a katazome calendar created by Takeshi Nishijima, who was apparently a contemporary of Serizawa Keisuke (1895–1984). Click the image below to link to the full article and to see the [...]

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