Monday, December 8, 2014

over dye play day: part 2a


PROCESS:   When in Sulpher, OK I found a large cotton damask table cloth.  Eager to get started, I didn't launder or scour the fabric before tearing into strips and beginning the rust process.  When unwrapped, the cotton still appeared bright white with minimal rust marks.  There must have been a finish on the fabric which resisted the iron oxide.  Undaunted, I refolded and soaked the fabric in coffee and tea for several days with minimal color shift.  The still folded bundles were then simmered in walnut dye for several hours.

The bright white with iron (rust), tea, coffee, and walnut stains.


Gathering:  stitched with safety pins



Wrapping:  random gathering and bound to a pole




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