Saturday I accomplished so much, even I was surprised!
First, I gathered some flowers and leaves to do a little more eco dying before the frost hits......
then I cut some watercolor paper and boiled away.....here are some of the results.
The resulting colors and designs are always a surprise. I love color and I have found marigold petals make an incredible yellow dye. However, I may be getting a bit carried away.
If, the weather and time permit, I hope to do another batch using only one leaf per page.
One of the other projects for the day involved cutting a stencil and making some more Geli prints, which is a form of mono printing using a gelatin-like, commercially made, 8x10 inch printing plate.
With the stencil, you can print the negative and the positive image. I printed some over already printed surfaces and two that I will now print over.
Then.....I made a journal page using one of my Geli printed pieces, a stamp I carved and some washi tape. Like this!
Sunday was almost as productive......I'll share later.
6 comments:
It is nice you had an art weekend and the bird and the leaves turned out gorgeous.
I swear the varied designs on washi tape are getting out of control. I am impressed with the design you used. Of course, I loved the carved stamp image, too.
But I'm really loving your eco-dyeing. I really must try this before the leaves all turn brown. You are really an inspiration!
Today will be my productive day! :) I have that washi tape. ;) Pointing hello back at you!
All good!!! That dying must be a blast!
lOVE this journal page...bright colors and fun print of the chair! thanks for stopping by my blog...glad those swap pages came in handy. I had fun doing them! Hope your class goes well...have fun with it!
Your eco dying is spectacular!! Love the colors and patterns. The thing I love so much about plant dyes in particular is that you just never know exactly how it will turn out. A surprise every time.
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