This silk scarf was one of two done in a natural dye extract class at HGA Convergence 2014, taught by Linda Hartshorn. In a earlier post I showed this scarf before I had washed the residual dye out. Waiting the 2 weeks to wash was painful. Very little of the dye washed out, so it was worth the wait. After washing I was unhappy with the indigo squiggles.
The added paintstik highlights added some bling and refined the indigo edges.
The above scarf was also done in this workshop. It is much simpler in appearance. Thicken natural dyes were painted on a stamp then applied to the scarf. The leaves were indigo and the bees were logwood. For the bees I would choose a different natural dye to use if I was doing this again. The class was a great way to explore a new technique. An added benefit is walking away with 2 finished scarves to wear myself or give as a gift.
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Those are wonderful. It makes me think maybe adding some natural dye extracts to the eco printing pieces I do would be a very interesting thing. Love the colors.
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Pat, Thank you. I bought extracts from Carol Leigh’s Hillcreek Fiber Studio at Convergence. You can also get many of the dyes from Earthhues.
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Such unique scarves! So glad you had a fun creative workshop. I like the “squiggles “!
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Cheryl, Thank you. It was fun.
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Great/beautiful results from a ‘new’ technique.
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