Monthly Archives: September 2014

Some New Prints

From Surface Design

Unwrapping more prints. This one done on silk chiffon with oak leaves, philodendron spathes and a little madder extract. Wrapped it around a can that rusted and threw in a few onion skins into the bath.

The next picture shows both ends of the scarf. This is my favorite so far.

From Surface Design

Then I tried for a lighter colored silk habatoi scarf. This one had fresh fern, Turk’s Cap leaves and tradescantia pendula leaves (also known as Wandering Jew). It presents a very delicate image.

From Surface Design

More coming out of the pots in a few days. I will say this is very addictive. It’s so much fun to see how various plants and dye bath combinations turn out.

Interesting Prints

Finally learning to be a little more patient and to be more adventurous. Two of my latest eco prints have yielded some wonderful color.

From Surface Design
From Surface Design

Could it be that the fabric is silk or could it be the use of copper pipe as the wrapping core? No matter; the result is great and I’m going to use that combination again.

I will say the wait to see the results is still a problem but I’m getting better as predicting the possible outcome is a little easier. But each time a bundle is opened it is still a (usually) wonderful surprise.