Shiva experiments

noreply@blogspirit.com (Rachel Murphree) — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:55:00 -0600

Ok, so I put this under the fabric dyeing category...not dyeing per se, but painting. anyway, we have a swap on the Clothpaperstudio group to use some sort of paint, in stick form, on fabric and make postcards.

So I got my shiva sticks out, and started playing. In addition to the piece to work for the Carlsbad Caverns journal quilt, I made these:

My inspiration for this was the "desert" Mexican Red Bird of Paradise bushes in my front garden. I know now I want to use another technique or media to do a piece on the flower. The iridescent yellow in my pack just isn't the right shade. I probably need a cad yellow, which I see I can buy separately. Its real name is Caesalpinia pulcherrima.

These two were just playing...in sea colors....I think this one looks like the ridges in a seashell.

And this is for a study/sample for the peaches for the back porch quilt. CMurphree/Shiva/photo#5225276162576539202">

When it rains, it pours

noreply@blogspirit.com (Rachel Murphree) — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:20:33 -0600

So I don't blog for weeks or months, and then I post and post in one night! go figure... my kids are worn out from a birthday party, so they are watching a bit of tv, so I decided to catch up!

I started dyeing fabric, informally, without much knowledge, just playing around this week. It was on a day when my kids were being picked up from school, so that freed me up to play and let the work dry on the counter. I didn't have to worry about them (of course, wouldn't you?) want to dye with me and do it RIGHT NOW!

From Cool Things

This one is my favorite one...you can see the other three in my "Cool Things" album on flicker.

Art Spirals - fabric_dyeing

Shiva experiments

When it rains, it pours