A little experiential learning.
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| Black walnut dyeing. All of these silk pieces have been tinted. The lightest one is closest to the original. I still have some soaking in bell jars. I love the richest brown which came from the freshest walnut juice and stayed in the longest. |
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| The thing I want to accept is that experiential learning does not always create beautiful pieces. This is a tea bag that I embroidered onto a piece of hand-dyed silk organza. I had attached pieces from a newspaper article to the 5x7 canvas first. |
This one is not beautiful but it is more successful.
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| Drawing on dried tea bag, then attached to paper with matte medium, and finally machine stitched. |
Matte medium works differently with fabric than with paper. Good to know.
These are very cool experiments, Martha! It is so true that experiential learning doesn't always create beautiful pieces--but the learning is the important thing, I think. And sometimes those experiments have their own charm. You might want to check out Tommye Scanlin's blog http://tapestry13.blogspot.com/2016/10/experiments.html
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I love this series of photos, showing the steps in your experimental process. I think each piece will emerge as important in an overall whole.
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