Sunday was a day to rinse and launder a bunch of dyed fabric, but it was also "play in the studio" day. We each went in several directions. We mixed up 3 colors of thickened dye. Elizabeth painted this piece with red, yellow and blue, allowing the colors to overlap and mix. It still needs to be rinsed and washed to get out the excess dye.
She also spent some time adding texture to fabric using a gelli plate and various objects for the texture.
One was bubble wrap.
She also used textured pieces of foam.
You can buy commercial gelli plates but Elizabeth opted to make her own with gelatin.
Here's a wavy texture printed on a light purple fabric.
Sue printed a few pieces of fabric with color magnet, which is a dye attractant. When the fabric is dyed more dye is drawn to the printed parts so you end up with a two-tone fabric.
She also painted backgrounds on some small pieces. This is the first layer of several.
And since the sun was shining, it was a good day for sun printing. These are the two pieces she printed with natural objects.
Come back tomorrow to see what else we are doing!
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