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Showing posts with label staining. Show all posts
Showing posts with label staining. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 22, 2017

New Work: Responding to Trees with Stitch

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This work began with a cloth that was buried in the soil beside a Douglas-fir tree. Before the cloth began to decay I dug it up. It was...
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Stitching on the Tree Cloths

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  After sampling... ...I used the colour studies to find matching coloured threads... ...and headed outside to stitch on the cloth...
Sunday, April 8, 2012

Eco-Printing aka India Flint & More Sampling

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I went back to sampling more eco-printing using India Flint's methods. There was dyeing rather than leaf printing... ...but they...
Saturday, April 7, 2012

In Praise of Ironing

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'In Praise of Ironing' It has to be spread out, the skin of this planet, has to be ironed, the sea in its whiteness; and the ha...
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Friday, April 6, 2012

Considering Making a Bed

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(Source: Google images, source unknown) I wondered how I would respond to the trees' staining on the bed sheets. Could I make a bed? ...
Thursday, April 5, 2012

Simultaneous Mordant on Tree Cloths Insitu

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To encourage staining on the tree cloths I made up a tannic acid solution.... ...and sponged it on the cloths while they were wrapped a...
Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Checking the Tree Cloths

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Over the months I checked the sheets for signs of staining. Animals continued to run up and down this cedar trunk....  ...moving the s...
Monday, April 2, 2012

BA(Hons) Studies Continue in September

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My BA(Hons) studies resumed again in September. I told my tutor, Sarah Burgess, of my decision to continue with the tree cloths for my gra...
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Friday, March 30, 2012

Repair and Mending Tree Cloths

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      The obvious response was to repair and mend the holes and tears in the tree cloths. Mending techniques by their nature aim to ...
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