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.
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The bright white with iron (rust), tea, coffee, and walnut stains.
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Gathering: stitched with safety pins
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| Wrapping: random gathering and bound to a pole |
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