Save Everything
/No Waste
My art is in the color, texture and depth. It's where I ask what if. Thus everywhere there is color there is art. Everywhere there is texture there is depth. No waste means using everything I create. These Shibori dyed pieces were the edges cut off a larger piece of hand felted merino, alpaca and silk. They are the perfect length for wearable art. I serged one edge and added my label. Great to wear several at a time, or hang from a bamboo pole as a mobile.
Since I always place at
least three colors, or shades of one color of dye on the cloth. This there is movement and depth. The real pleasure attained using the
Shibori technique is when you open each steamed package and discover the
results! The rules for making art are the same rules I apply to writing.
- Make rules
- Choose a palette/voice and stick with it
- Ask “What if?”
- Don't second guess
The secret to
beautiful texture and blend of color is to not use too much dye by learning to
read the flow of the dye in the same way a kayaker reads the river before
descending over a 40 foot water fall.
The only way to repeat what you discover is to measure and make notes.
(Sorta. You can never really repeat
with shibori. )
A collection that has a beginning and an end. You never really know it is beginning when it is beginning You only know by looking back and saying, "Ah yes, this is when this body of work began." And you never know it has ended until it ends. You only know by looking back and saying, "Ah, yes, that collection ended." The important thing is that you collect it as a body of work. Define it. Date it. I am approaching an ending. It began in late October when my formulas changed to tones and shades. This shibori dyed, copper vest of alpaca, merino and silk was hand felted on the 
