Natural Dyes- Amazing!

Red cabbage and avocados!

To start with, I boiled red cabbage. The results were incredible. The water turned first blue, and then, after further boiling, a deep purple.








The fabrics are much brighter than the picture shows.


The avocado was interesting. I boiled the skins in one pot, and the avocado pits in another.
The dye front he pits is a tangerine color! The skins, as I have seen before, developed a more delicate peach color.









All in all, a productive day!


Cheers!
Kimberly


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Stitching.....

I had a productive day in the studio today. The first piece I am posting about is a second bird skin study with embellishments. Watercolor on silk, which is then layered onto wool Melton and linen.











The second piece is a bit dark in the photos, but I am really excited about this one. It is another watercolor, but this time I layered it on top of some silk jacquard fabric from India. The stitches are more like crosses than "x"'s. I think I am happy with the start of this piece.











Once again, thanks for following!

Cheers!
Kimberly

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Making dye with Nuts!

I am excited to experiment with walnut dye, but first I have to make the dye!

Since I have little patience, and couldn't find a black walnut tree, I did what all impatient Americans do and ordered them online!

So, as exciting as it is to get the black walnuts, the package made it even more fun- and here are some pictures to show how a shipment of nuts could be fun-















How cute is this!?

Ok- I will now make dye, and post updates later.


Cheers!

Kimberly

Masters weekend

I am just returning from a weekend with 5 amazing women- 3 students who will be traveling this journey with me, and the two directors of the program. It was a very full weekend of taking, crits, and exploration. I can't wait to do it again!
I am posting more of the alphabet project here to try and catch up on all of the work I have been producing.













Cheers!

Kimberly