Pia’s Playground

-or “Where’s my Igor?”

I’m no good at it so far, I haven’t done my research yet, but I just had to try, didn’t I…..

Various cottons and one mystery cloth washed in soda, some soaked in red wine for tannin (YES, it had gone bad, ok?), some cooked with sumak, some with horse shoes, some a bit of both. I also had one treated with milk but forgot to label them, so I dunno which one that is.

Everything will be sitting in the greenhouse in various buckets now for weeks or months depending on my patience. Some with plant matter on the outside, others just in Alum/CoT water, or iron or everything. I did take notes….

Basically I’m just going to keep adding layers until they look interesting. The worst that can happen is nothing. Plant material: what caught my eye in the garden that day.

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Plantetryk på stof

Jeg har ikke helt fået studeret emnet nok, det er svært at få plantefarve til at fæste på bomuld, især direkte som tryk fra blade mm.

Men jeg måtte alligevel iværksætte et par vanvittige eksperimenter…

Stoffet er vasket i soda, noget af det har fået garvesyre fra rødvin eller hjortetakblade/bark, noget har været dyppet i jernvand eller stænket med det, ligget i blød med hestesko, sådan lidt efter tilfældighedernes princip. Jeg er helt sikker på jeg også har haft et stykke i mælk (skulle binde protein i stoffet, så det tager mere farve), men glemte at sætte labels på sidste år. Så nu ved jeg ikke hvilket stykke det er….

Nu får det hele lov at ligge i spande i drivhuset nogen uger eller måneder, alt efter hvor god jeg er til at styre min nysgerrighed. Det værste der kan ske er jo ingenting!

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8 thoughts on “Pia’s Playground

  1. Now those look really intriguing – wonder what will happen when you finally unroll them… and good for you, taking notes. I have a notebook and then manage to write precisely nothing…

    1. 1. I know nothing much will have happened if I pull it out next week
      2. my mad brain will get busy on other projects (like thinking up 8 new colourways at night) and forget about the green house. (oh, not quite, gotta water my little hedges, we have SUMMER, finally)
      3. who said I can stand it?
      Have you seen Arlees amazing cloths? I can’t for the life of me figure out how she gets those vivid rusts and blues…

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