I’ve not been doing much of that this weekend, because I managed to cut a slice into the little finger of my left hand with the rotary cutter on Saturday night, but I have been reading about it in a new book that arrived on Friday. It’s called “Transforming Fabric” by Carolyn Dahl and explains 30 ways to paint, dye and pattern cloth. Some of the ideas are not new to me, but most of them are and the book contains lots of photos to whet your appetite. One method tells you how to print using fish. Not sure if that will be high on my list of techniques to try, but it gives an idea of the variety of techniques described.
I did have my third attempt at potato dextrin dyeing. I had to use a bit of brute force to encourage it to crack.
Cracks at last
They look quite impressive here, but the dye wasn’t so sure. This piece turned out to have rather few lines on it and quite a lot of white. A second piece, which looked like it was going to be a disaster, actually turned out quite interesting. So I’m leaving the third piece overnight to see if the colour will be more intense. Photos to follow later.
