play..
is highly underrated
in the studio..
I think the best obsessions
begin with play..
and this one,
started so innocently..
with a little
bottle of
Turmeric..
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Turmeric dye on a variety of papers, hand dyed with natural dyes. |
I was interested in writing with the Turmeric dye..
and used an applicator bottle and a nib..
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Turmeric dye on tracing paper, with hand dyed turmeric papers underneath. |
which turned out well,
and then I experimented
in dying the papers twice.
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Tracing paper dyed twice using the first dye bath and a day later using the dye saved from the day before. |
to do that,
I made the dye baths on one day..
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The strength of the dye bath, vibrant yellow orange.. |
and then dyed the paper,
in this case I used tracing paper..
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Tissue paper with dye bath, using a brush. |
and let it dry..
while resting the bath overnight in my refrigerator...
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Turmeric twice dyed on sketch paper using a brush and applicator bottle. |
the next day
I used an applicator bottle to re-dye
the papers..
and I adore the way they turned out...
and then I read about
avocado skins and pits..
the article said they
made a beautiful shade of pink..
so I HAD to try that right?
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Assorted papers dyed with avocado skins and pits, yummy pinks! |
I love the assortment of pinks..
and the more skins and pits you have
the darker the pink...
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Mixed media paper hand dyed with avocado skins and pits. |
you can save those skins and pits
put them in a baggie and freeze them...
to use when you want...
and
from there I used red onion skins..
I did use the dye bath on some papers,
but the most interesting thing..
were the prints I made using the skins
which look a lot like wings on some of the prints...
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Red onion dye on tracing paper. |
The dye bath on the red onion skins
changed color when I used
different papers..
which was thrilling...
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Red onion skin dye bath on tracing paper. |
it was greenish on the tracing paper,
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Red onion skin dye bath on sketch paper |
and brown on sketch paper..
above which I adore..
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Red onion prints on wrapping paper. |
but I think pressing the prints was even more fun..
and I am going to play with this a bit more..
I am a little obsessed now..
they are so fast and easy and very cool..
If you have not seen my
YouTube video
on how I created these,
just scroll down to the last post..
and ...
I am off to the studio to work
on June Journal pages
as I am woefully
behind..
Ciao, ciao!
19 comments:
Those are so yummy!
You got incredible results with the turmeric and onion skins. I love the avocado dyed papers. I've got mine freezing and waiting for more skins and pits before I try this process. I am SO in awe of your drawings. They are stunningly amazing.
I've never owned tracing paper, but I'm wondering if deli paper might provide similar results. Looks like I need to play with these and find out! LOVE what you have created, especially the browns and purples.
I remember how surprised I was when I dye a cloth with avocado and it came out pink. Love your turmeric dying - such a brilliant colour.
Absolutely WONDERFUL papers!
wonderful! I dyed some cotton fabric using turmeric, it was fun.
These are all gorgeous, when avocados come down in price I'll try this. I really love the yellow using the nib and applicator bottle. And I think the variety of papers give nice variety. Thanks for the fun.
They are all wonderful, dear Cat, so lovely a play :-) The avocado pinks are just so beautiful, but so are they all.
I will have to play along one of these days my dear friend. Thank you.
Hugs,Dorthe
Fabulous post. I will try some of these!
Oh so beautiful.... and playing is my absolute favourite thing to do (and you obviously do it so very well) Thanks for sharing!
Thanks, Randi, I love the way they can out!
Hi Dr. E, I am interested to hear how deli paper will take the dye, I am so impressed with tracing papers I will have to buy more! Thanks so much, so happy you liked all the results!
Colette, I just couldn't believe it, so amazing! I was really happy with that bright yellow too!
Hi Susi, Thanks so very much!!
Hi Susan, It IS fun isn't it? I just love the results and the freedom that play gives to me.
Hi Dorthe, dear friend, I hope you soon find time to play and enjoy dying cloth and papers. Sending you big hugs!! xxxx
Hi Sylvia, I was really happy with results from both the applicator bottle and the nib, so will use that again! Thanks for commenting, it means so much!
Kim!! I am placing PLAY high on my priority list! ;)
have been away from your blog.. am so blown away about this one.. learning about dyeing from organic materials.. WOW
You had me at the gold ! : ) Laura
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