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Tag: Art
Sunday Swatch
Dusk
DYI supplies
As fascinated as I was by the garden printing technique the other day, I didn’t have any prepped canvases or cloth to try it on (and I still don’t, blame my to do list). But I wanted to do something, so off I went on a garden tour to find plants for drying and maybe using in collages. I obviously can’t show you the results yet, but here’s a glimpse of my findings. Various leaves, daisies and wild roses among other things.
I’ve also read of a technique using fresh flowers in paintings, encasing them in gel medium. I don’t think I have the right kind in stock though, and alas, no prepped backgrounds either, so maybe next year…..
Garden printing
I’m finding so many inspiring and wonderful blogs now that I’ve started my own. Today I came upon a technique that I’m just DY(E)ING to try out now – how convenient that I dug out all my paints from the garage just recently?!
The little house in a field
What exactly is the Colour Cottage? Well, it’s what I do AND where I live. Seeing and playing with colour gives me a kick, doesn’t matter if it’s photography, computer graphics or making a salad, as long as I get to be creative and use colour.
My latest passion however is dyeing yarn and fiber for spinning, so this is probably going to be the main topic of my blog. I don’t claim to be any kind of expert on the matter, but I’d like to share what I learn along the way, and yes, you can try this at home! A workshop area or a kitchen slightly larger than mine is however preferable. 😀 Messy doesn’t quite describe the process, and I’m lucky that our kitchen counter was old and ugly from the get go.
I also have too many ideas for colour combos than I can possibly ever spin for myself, so I’ve been entertaining the notion of offering a few braids for sale, just to get the ideas out of my head (gotta have room for more, you know!)
If you’d like to get started without me, here’s a couple of resources for you.
Dyeing in the kitchen DVD from Interweave Press
Wild Colour (book) by Jenny Dean
Dye plant growing in my garden
