tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220647262024-03-18T20:37:02.211-07:00The Natural SurfacesThe Stories about My Natural Dye Experiments and Adventuresk baxter packwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11894633518508627271noreply@blogger.comBlogger323125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22064726.post-1732482341261422372017-03-01T16:02:00.001-08:002017-03-01T16:02:36.612-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong><a href="http://kbaxterpackwood.com/wordpress/online-classes-workshops/basic-blues/">Basic Blues: </a>Five Indigo Vats, Five Different Ways is a comprehensive Five Week online course which is a one-stop resource for anyone wishing to learn the art of dyeing fabric, fibers, and yarn, with indigo.</strong></div>
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k baxter packwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11894633518508627271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22064726.post-51453493731438600202016-05-24T13:10:00.003-07:002016-05-24T13:29:42.746-07:00Creating an Indigo Vat<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Creating and Indigo Vat!!!</i></span><br />
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NOTE: this is from <a href="http://naturaldyes.blogspot.com/2009/07/indigo-dyeing.html">my other blog</a> written in 2009<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">1 ounce Indigo extract or Indigo chunks</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">1 cup Soda Ash or Lye </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="color: red;">(I HIGLY recommend using Soda Ash NOT Lye~!)</span></strong><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">2 Tablespoons Thiourea dioxide or Thiox</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Water</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 17.16px;">Equipment needed:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Respirator – you only get one set of lungs! Wear a respirator when handling dye powders, mordants, and dye assists~!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Gloves – wear heavy duty kitchen or dyeing gloves when handling the indigo ingredients (See safety Instructions Below)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Stock Pot 18 quarts or bigger, can be Stainless Steel or Enamel the indigo vat will react with aluminum so I don’t recommend using aluminum pots for creating the vat.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Scale for weighing dyes and chemicals – again studio dedicated!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Measuring spoons, measuring cups, wisk for stirring</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Jar – wide mouth pint jar for making indigo paste</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Spoon, studio dedicated, for stirring the vat</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Tongs for retrieving your fabrics, fibers, etc.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Lingerie bag for small items you wish to find in the vat again the bag makes them easier to retrieve</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Water for your vat, rinsing, and for oxidizing</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Vinegar – helps to restore the pH balance of wool and silk fibers/fabrics</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">pH papers/strips for testing the pH of your vat.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Heat source</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Clothesline for hanging fabrics onto to help fabric oxidize faster.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">1.</span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"> </strong><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><strong>READ Safety Instructions before Beginning the Indigo Vat!</strong> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">2. Fill your vat container with water you don’t need to heat the vat at this point. ALLOW TO SIT OVERNIGHT, doing this allows the oxygen to dissipate from the vat.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">3. Place 1 ounce Natural Indigo powder (if you are working with hard chunk indigo it will have to be ground down first) into a suitable container.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">4. Add just enough hot water until you get a paste – preferably lump free (I use a dedicated wide mouth pint jar for this solution.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">5. </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">Add soda ash or lye to the vat water - <span style="color: #000099;">NEVER add water to your soda ash or lye ALWAYS add the soda ash or lye to the water!!!</span></strong><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">6. Slowly add the indigo paste to the vat solution</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">7. Stir to dissolve NOTE this may take quite a bit of stirring, heating the vat at this point also helps with dissolving the paste faster.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">8. Next add thiox to the vat solution stir very little so as to avoid adding Oxygen to the vat.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">9. DO NOT BOIL YOUR VAT as this will cause bubble formation and will introduce Oxygen into the vat.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">10. REMOVE HEAT after 30 minutes</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">11. Cover vat and allow to sit until reduction is complete.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">12. Reduction is complete when your vat turns a yellow to yellowish pea green color.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">13. If your vat is still blue after 24 hours then you have too much Oxygen in your vat add thiox to the vat in small increments, a few grains of thiox at a time, to further reduce the vat.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">14. If you reduce the vat too far then gently stir the vat with one or two swirls of the spoon and allow to sit for 30 minutes.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">15. You will need to test the pH of the vat to see if the pH is correct</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">16. pH should be 10.0 – 11.5</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">· cottons 11.0-11.5</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;">· wool and silk 10.5-11.0 preferably closer to 10.5</span><br />
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I shall be setting up dye pots and the like in the coming weeks. There shall be occasional updates here, and on my instagram @kbaxterpackwood k baxter packwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11894633518508627271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22064726.post-807074599364958802014-08-22T19:08:00.004-07:002014-09-15T15:01:42.736-07:00I'm Bored, Therefore it's Time to Change Things!!!<div style="margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">My 'word' for 2014 is Courage, so I'm going to go out on a limb and share where I'm headed for 2015!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">In the coming weeks I will be making some
changes to the <b>Natural Surface Academy</b> and blog. To be honest, keeping the Natural Surface
strictly about natural dyeing is not only boring the hell out of me, but it's
also stifling my creativity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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dyes, I also work with fabric paints, shiva paintstiks, digital printing, discharge
dyeing (yes you really can discharge dye natural dyed fabrics), and more. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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own fabric lines, etc., so with this in mind I am changing a few things here at
the natural surface and adding in a bit more information, etc., I will be
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Stenciling on natural dyed (tea and coffee) fabric using my Black Birds in Tree stencil from <a href="http://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/stencils-kimberly-baxter-packwood-s/1855.htm">StencilGirl Products</a>!!!<br />
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This while waiting for the screen printing supplies to arrive. The bulb in my thermofax machine died and is no longer available, so on the advice of some trusted artist friends I've purchased Jacquards drawing fluid and filler to make silk screen designs. The upside to this is I'll have large screens for screen printing natural dyes onto the cloth.k baxter packwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11894633518508627271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22064726.post-81039801200139285512014-06-12T11:41:00.002-07:002014-06-12T12:18:48.481-07:00Why I don't Eco-Dye My Fabric<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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after three hours of questions about my natural dyed scarves, artwork, etc., I
am once again reminded as to why I don’t call myself an eco-dyer, for the most
part nobody is interested in the craft of eco-dyeing! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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environment, sustainability, fair trade practices, and all things “green” the
fact of the matter is when most people found out that I was using tree bark,
mushrooms, leaves, bugs, and other stuff to dye my art cloth the response was
an overwhelming “that’s nice” or “that’s really cool”. "That’s nice" is the kiss of death, it's the Mid westerners
version of “so what” or “who cares”!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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already knew, while there are some that are truly concerned about the
environment and sustainability, the majority only cares if it saves them a buck
or two. Which leads me back to why I
don’t eco-dye my fabric, fibers, and threads, but in fact dye them with Natural
Dyes, to me it’s about the process and the relationships I form with other
dyer’s, and most importantly with nature that surrounds and inspires me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">For me the process is not about immediate
gratification, but about discovery, learning, exploring, and most importantly
relationships. Unless a local woodworker
gifts me a bag of wood chips from their dust collection system or from their
lathe turnings, the wood, barks, and roots I use to create my designs are
collected over a period of years, often time’s decades. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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plenty of people telling me they’d love to be able to stitch and sew like I do
and do I teach classes? The evening
wasn't a total bust, I got plenty of hits from women of all ages that are
interested attending a stitching party; the older women of course were very
excited about the wine aspect of said parties. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.kbaxterpackwood.com/Classes%20and%20Workshops.htm"><b><span style="color: red;">Click here </span></b></a>to learn more about eClasses, Workshops, and my newest offering Out of the Box Art Parties!</span></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/product-p/l196.htm">Black
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How-to make the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99KOyHuspgo">Gum
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I am here today to show you how
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Mix up Gum Tragacanth with Natural Dye Extracts; see video for specific
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a little card with the names of the extracts I was working with and daubed a
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<b><i>The Natural Dye Extracts blended with the Gum Tragacanth are now ready
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Most silk screens won’t be the same size as your stencil, however,
I have an easy fix for this problem.
Measure your screen and your stencil and then block off the required
space for your stencil by taping news print to the FRONT of your silk
screen. Then tape your stencil to the
front of the screen making sure to overlap the stencil onto the newsprint.<b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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Black Birds in Tree Inverse taped to the FRONT of the silk
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Place your natural dye binder medium onto the screen,
towards the edge, this is known as “the well”.
Using your squeegee pull the medium in a firm manner across the screen,
once you have reached the other side, pull the medium back towards yourself, do
this several times adding more of the natural dye binder medium if needed until
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For this sample I used the same stencil and screen to print the image
onto cochineal dyed cotton fabric that I had surfaced using my hand and earth
pigments and fabric paint.<br />
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If you wish for your fabric images to be free of bumps,
etc., tape the fabric to your surface to keep it from moving, etc., while
printing. I prefer an organic and
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k baxter packwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11894633518508627271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22064726.post-50658687638640293232014-05-07T14:56:00.000-07:002014-05-07T14:59:52.100-07:00Birds in Tree with Madder Lac <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Madder lac natural dye extract screen printed, using deconstructed screen printing techniques with my <b><a href="http://www.stencilgirlproducts.com/product-p/l196.htm">Birds in Tree Inverse Stencil</a>,</b> onto cochineal dyed cotton fabric. <br />
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Birds in Tree Inverse Stencil taped to the front of a traditional silk screen for deconstructed screen printing! Stay tuned for more on this technique!!!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Learn more about these techniques in </b></span><b style="font-size: x-large;">my <a href="http://www.kbaxterpackwood.com/e-Books.htm"><span style="color: blue;">eBook</span></a> and <a href="https://vimeo.com/ondemand/9277"><span style="color: blue;">Video</span></a> series </b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Mark Making with Nature!!!</b> </span></div>
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<br />k baxter packwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11894633518508627271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22064726.post-90912841012607287012014-04-08T20:09:00.000-07:002014-04-08T20:09:01.665-07:00Pigment Painted Fabric<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Earth pigments on silk crepe de chine fabric. Now to get them ready for stitching!k baxter packwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11894633518508627271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22064726.post-28842192110038846592014-04-07T18:55:00.004-07:002014-04-07T18:55:56.958-07:00Deconstructed Screen Printing with Madder Lac Extract<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Larkspur ~ The juice of the crushed petals was used to color quills a beautiful, if not fugitive, blue color. The roots cooked up with a pinch of iron yields a lovely black.k baxter packwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11894633518508627271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22064726.post-37449086655540558182014-03-23T17:07:00.001-07:002014-03-23T17:08:48.757-07:00Natural Dyed Hexagons<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I started these hexagons using my natural and compost dyed fabrics in March of 2005, the weekend my mother died actually, and found them last night while I was looking for a missing stack of colored papers. This couldn't of happened at a better time as I am currently working on a new body of work called <i><b>"Faded Memories: Stitched Stories of the Prairie and Plains"</b></i> for an upcoming solo show at the <b><a href="http://www.sanfordmuseum.org/">Sanford Museum</a> </b>in Cherokee, Iowa. <br />
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Copper sequins being auditioned atop some natural dyed wool fabric. I'm working on a major project, more to come as I'm a week behind due to being ill last week. Stay tuned for the Big Reveal!<br />
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Earth pigments and black gutta on silk crepe de chine fabric. k baxter packwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11894633518508627271noreply@blogger.com0