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Friday, May 17, 2013

Spring Beginnings/ June Wedding


Hello and Happy Spring from Studio 207!
Take a sneak peak into what was accomplished today!  The following 14 foot and 9 inch silk panel in front of you, is the first segment of a three-panel piece. This is the center panel and there will be a12.5' panel on either side. These will be hung at ceiling height from a 13.5' ceiling... so the dark green on the center panel will disappear into the folds as it gathers on the floor. It is my intent that this reference kimono. The flowers will extend across the top of all three panels... and extend further down on the right hand side. These panels will provide the backdrop for my daughters wedding this June. Her bridesmaids are wearing colors in this color range of the flowers.  This wall hanging was entirely hand painted, and rolled using  MX dye a small amount of soy wax resist in the flowers . Take a look for a visual explanation:
Rolling vertical stripes to create a sense of background and space. The background color of green, will appear subdued with the addition of the newly rolled purple-sage. The deep emerald at the bottom was deconstructed silk screen, but will not be visible when it is installed as the fabric will puddle on the floor.
 
 
This piece will stand nearly 3 times my size upon installation.  It's moments like these that require a ladder to gain a fresh perspective.
 
The variety of textures one can receive from 2 similar sponge rollers is always surprising!  The dark lines atop the larger stripes have been added, a more purpley-sage, to boost presence and volume of the stripes against the yellow background. 


Et Voila !

Friday, February 22, 2013

Double Your Pleasure

As the long gray days of February continue I am doubling my pleasure by creating and wearing multiple scarves at once.

Wool knit acid dyed itajime wrapped with Stone washed crepe screen, deconstructed and hand painted.
I love how this looks like a flower when wrapped. It is very comfortable and warm.

Each scarf has the same serged edging so those colors act to unify them. I also used the same acid dyes on each of them so they are linked in that way too. It was my first venture screening acid dyes and despite soaking in vinegar to avoid having the sodium alginate clump it still was more of a challenge to remove than it is with MX and soda ash. Part of that may be the surface of the stone washed crepe. I will have to continue to experiment.

Stone Washed Crepe
Wool Knit Jersey

The stone washed circle scarf is 72" and can be wrapped three times around your neck.



The wool knit jersey is shorter and can be wrapped twice.


Saturday, January 12, 2013

Faux Quilts

bubble chiffon, screen printed and painted with thickened mx.









After spending the last several months working exclusively on wool I decided to work on my two favorites silks from last season. This one is on tight twisted seersuker. It will be slightly crinkled when freed from the table, but doesn't wrinkle when packed or when it get humid.






tight twisted seersucker, screen printed and painted




My table is 5'x12' so I am able to work on two large squares at once.The prints and geometric shapes remind me of quilts.










beginning to overprint
completed overprint and brush stroke.

This one was overprinted with using a screen with a soy wax grass pattern. I also used the turquoise/emerald to paint a thin band in the center square.






bubble chiffon.
Meanwhile at the other end of the table I used the same colors but built it in a different way







This may look quite different when it drys. The final dark looking stripes are actually more of the chartreuse so we will have to see how much that shows up.  They look almost flag like to me. The chiffon has a natural texture that will bounce up once freed from being stretched on the table.











tight twisted seer sucker



Now it is the wait for them to dry so that I can steam them. They are made from liquid reactive dyes so steaming is required. Will post them when they are edged and made into scarves.
It has been a good way to get beyond January and day dream about the warmer days heading our way this spring.

Friday, January 4, 2013

Wool Shibori

Bomaki























Have been having a great time working with wool and acid dyes. Here is an example done by making a sleeve of this tropical weight wool and sliding it tightly down a PVC pole. Take it out, twist it a bit and then over dye it. This wool has a slight crispness so it holds its wrap nicely.


Tropical weight wool itajame with grey velvet.





This is itajime, shapes are clamped onto folded fabric and then dyed. I pieced it together with grey velvet.
Discharged wool knit, lined in silk charmeuse.



























This was all that deep reddish brown and is a wool knit jersey. I gathered the width of the knit and bound it with string. It discharged to a disappointing bubble gum pink... so back into the pot to be over dyed a bit with a chartreuse which did the trick. It is lined in a luscious cream charmeuse  and has a grey silk caps on the ends. It is really lovely in MHO.
Tropical weight wool

Wool crepe and velvet. Itajime.











Bomaki tied in overhand knots and overdyed green.





















I loved this one. It was still in the 80's when it was made last September and I sold it almost immediately. It went to a good home. I was using up old MX dye that I had and read that if you treated stale dye like an acid dye it would work. I have no complaints. I do love the serged edge on this one.
Itajime and tropical weight wool.




















I love the way this one retains its folds while on the body.
Wool crepe italjime with grey velvet caps
















Another of the wool crepe dyed with the old MX. Sold the same September day. I do hope it is out and about this cold January.






















 


Wool knit itajame
Pieced wool chalis and silk

More wool kit




I learned this technique this summer from Elin Noble.. she is a great teacher. The grey and violet scarf above was made from this itajime technique.


Induction Hot Plate

Another thing I learned from Elin was what a joy it would be to invest in the induction hot plate. This puppy allows me to heat use 22+ gallon stainless steel stock pots full of dye in a flash. I don't think I would have been doing this work without it. 

Thanks for stopping by.









Thursday, January 3, 2013

New Prints...Wordless Weds. except it is Thurs.

2012 was a most productive and exciting year for me. I really mean to blog about it. But for today I will just put up some images that are in a one person show of prints on paper. They are all monotypes done with MX dye on Reeves BFK. I love the rich translucency that the thickened dye produces on this lush paper. 

 I think it is easy to see that these three prints were pulled from the same deconstructed screen. With each pull more of the dye is deposited on the paper. I also worked back into them with additional dye either brushed on or stamped.

















 These three came from another screen


 






These last two are larger and from the same screen

I have another six waiting to be revisited. It is a wonderfully exciting process.

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Blog Hop!

Well I am jumping the puddle and am part of this international blog hop! Please visit the sites listed at the end of the post and see what is happening with pattern all around the world. 

"Bebop" 24"x72" wax resist , mx dyed, silk Habotai.

When you visit the sites you will see that while I work very differently than many of these designers our passion for patten connects us. I am busy with all sorts of patterns in this neck of the woods, but most of mine are one of a kind and created directly on or in the fabric.
Please be sure to visit
Claire Smillie who set this all up  - http://www.clairesmillie.wordpress.com
or just double click

PASSION FOR PATTERN BLOGHOP 2!

Be sure to check out my blogger neighbors.


Be sure to scroll to the end and find the entire list of artists participating in this blog hop. Enjoy and please leave a comment for those that you visit. Happy Hopping.

Here are some of the most recent scarves.

These are both small triangles.The one on the left is discharged and over dyed with black acid dye. 

The one below was navy blue basket weave silk to begin  it was tightly wrapped and thiox discharged. Next it was with knotted and wrapped and then vat dyed apple green. Vat dying is so magical as the color comes out and is replaced all in one step. That is how the pale salmon occurred.

This is the same scarf draped two different ways. It was black viscose rayon to begin with, arashi pole wrapped and discharged then over dyed blue.  

My newest adventure is learning to dye wool. I have only made a few, but am ready to go with a whole lot more. 


But my main studio effort at the moment is preparing for a show this Oct. 19th. I will have a large gallery 20' x26' with 18' ceiling in which to install "Into the Woods". I am  busy making lots of new panels... this time it will be the original habotai  silk that you see below as well as a series of new silk organza panels.





So here is where you would find me if you were to stop by the studio today.


Let’s get this party started & don’t forget to leave a little love at the blogs you visit by leaving us comments, each little one makes us smile!

Jacqueline Auvigne - http://www.jacquelineauvigne.com
Maraya Rodostianos - http://www.printpapercloth.com
Rozynna Fielding - http://www.patternsapart.com
Dianne Koppisch Hricko- http://notesfrom207.blogspot.com

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Pinterest/ Pattern Prints Journal





Happy 4th of July. I had a lovely greeting this morning on gmail. I had been blogged about on an Italian pattern blog. http://www.patternprintsjournal.com I believe that Barbara Mazzoleni (aka Birbaluna) must have first found me on Pinterest. I am not sure how she decided that I lived in NY but maybe from Italy Philadelphia is close enough to be NY.  At any rate, it is fun to realize that I have somehow jumped the puddle without ever leaving my kitchen. Here is the link to what she posted about me... if you follow this blog you will recognize much of it... but not the part about my NY residency. http://www.patternprintsjournal.com/2012/07/patterns-with-silk-translucent-effects.html


On another note, getting ready to head off to Quilting By the Lake to take a workshop with Judy Langille. I will be bringing along my ever expanding inventory in hopes of finding new homes for much of it. Last summer the ladies took home lots of Koppisch's. Here are a two of the new items.