Sunday, April 3, 2011

COLOUR as a form of JOY!!!!!!!!!

Oh, JOY! Look at these colours!
Fibre active dyes on vintage cotton

Low immersion dyeing

I finally stopped procrastinating and ordered some Procion MX fibre reactive dyes online. Out of the 8 colours I wanted; the first place I tried could only fill 4. Gladly they posted them the same day and they turned up here Friday! (We only get post delivered 3 times a week so this was even more of a wonderful surprise!)

Soooo, after dinner; whilst everyone else was busy I decided to have a little play! I'm so excited by the results! It's something I've wanted to do for a long time. I am amazed at the brightness of the colours and after I've been through the bright pure colour phase I'm sure I will love coming up with my own blends!

A little bit of shibori.... First on a silk scarf...
Shibori Silk Scarf


.....then on a piece of vintage cotton which I scrunched onto a plastic tube (again something I've always wanted to try!)



Shibori Cotton


I adore how the colours have blended together in places and the scale shapes from the scrunching!


I've also made some progress on my Flaming Heart piece this week; adding beads... I'm also experimenting with ways to depict clouds...


Flaming Heart - beading detail



and....... I just wanted to share this gorgeous op shop find. It is the most beautifully embroidered Chinese jacket. I originally bought it to cut up... but on closer inspection I don't think I will be able to bring myself to! The embroidery is to die for..... I'm not sure whether to get it dry cleaned or wash it myself... One pocket is badly ripped; so will need a lot of attention. Also, a number of the original toggles at the front are unravelled... so I'll have to learn how to stitch them back down. It would make an exquisite evening jacket..... the label looks as if it is about a 1950's vintage.


It is just so beautiful....



Vintage Chinese Embroidered Jacket - back view




The green and blue dyes should arrive from a little further afield on Monday! I can't wait to try them out! Happy days!

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