Some discussion of using a
restricted palette in painting - even just two colours - and how this might translate into working with fabric, somehow fed into a couple of dyeing sessions, both based on turquoise. In the first I also used scarlet as the second colour and also a bit of indigo in some of the mixtures. The fabric is salvaged from some "vintage" German duvet covers; it's done with Dyrect dyes in the microwave -
The fabric for the next session turned out, in the light of day, to be curtain lining rather than sateen, which may account for its rather muted colours (compared to what I was expecting). Rather more scrunching of fabric, and the second colour is black. These are procion dyes, and I found some splotchy scarlet bits to overdye -
Having found some threads that might work in whatever emerged from these fabrics, I was delighted to run across this pic by Klee in a 2002 patchwork magazine -- this was in the memorable Klee exhibition at the Hayward -
Looking through my books on Klee also turned up these inspiring paintings --
But I've designated the rest of June as Nothing New Fortnight and won't be starting a new piece with the new fabric just yet.
The fabric for the next session turned out, in the light of day, to be curtain lining rather than sateen, which may account for its rather muted colours (compared to what I was expecting). Rather more scrunching of fabric, and the second colour is black. These are procion dyes, and I found some splotchy scarlet bits to overdye -
Having found some threads that might work in whatever emerged from these fabrics, I was delighted to run across this pic by Klee in a 2002 patchwork magazine -- this was in the memorable Klee exhibition at the Hayward -
Looking through my books on Klee also turned up these inspiring paintings --
But I've designated the rest of June as Nothing New Fortnight and won't be starting a new piece with the new fabric just yet.
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