July 3, 2014
Today started off similarly to the last two; a trip to the library to print some order receipts, followed by the post office for mailing orders. The post office happens to be right next to Geez Louise, so of course we had to stop in and look around! I found a set of 8 linen napkins that will be good for dyeing, and the real treasure, an old ledger dating to 1899! Just look at the penmanship!
Yesterday I shared my sun printed fabric; today I added another layer with screen printing. On the left is a sample Elizabeth printed on commercial fabric. On the right is my piece where I used the fern and pine cone screens that we made yesterday. This is what it looks like now, although I don't think it is finished. I think more layers are in order.
I also shared a picture of the t-shirt I started. Well, I'm back to square 1 with that project. It needed to be soaked in a soda ash solution before dyeing, so I did that this afternoon - forgetting that the warm water would wash out the color magnet! So its been drying the rest of the day and I will have to redo the color magnet tomorrow. (Soda ashed items cannot go in the dryer - they can catch on fire!)
Meanwhile, I put another piece of fabric in the dye I had prepared and couldn't use for the t-shirt. I did some gelli plate printing and more screen printing, and prepared a silk screen for breakdown printing - that has to dry completely so at least 24 hours, maybe longer because of humidity. So far I am really happy with the new screens we created yesterday. More pictures of those prints tomorrow.
Ended the day with a late afternoon swim in the lake - it was like bath water, but still refreshing. After dark the rain storms moved in - lots of thunder and lightening to go with the fire crackers being shot off all around the lake. I'm sure there will be lots more of that tomorrow.
Today started off similarly to the last two; a trip to the library to print some order receipts, followed by the post office for mailing orders. The post office happens to be right next to Geez Louise, so of course we had to stop in and look around! I found a set of 8 linen napkins that will be good for dyeing, and the real treasure, an old ledger dating to 1899! Just look at the penmanship!
I also shared a picture of the t-shirt I started. Well, I'm back to square 1 with that project. It needed to be soaked in a soda ash solution before dyeing, so I did that this afternoon - forgetting that the warm water would wash out the color magnet! So its been drying the rest of the day and I will have to redo the color magnet tomorrow. (Soda ashed items cannot go in the dryer - they can catch on fire!)
Meanwhile, I put another piece of fabric in the dye I had prepared and couldn't use for the t-shirt. I did some gelli plate printing and more screen printing, and prepared a silk screen for breakdown printing - that has to dry completely so at least 24 hours, maybe longer because of humidity. So far I am really happy with the new screens we created yesterday. More pictures of those prints tomorrow.
Ended the day with a late afternoon swim in the lake - it was like bath water, but still refreshing. After dark the rain storms moved in - lots of thunder and lightening to go with the fire crackers being shot off all around the lake. I'm sure there will be lots more of that tomorrow.
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