Saturday 25 January 2014

The Final Pomegranate and Logwood pieces

Logwood on cotton


 This piece was first dyed with pomegranate and the wrapped round a stone and metal lid and re-dyed in the logwood.





I see maybe a hungry sea creature here or a comet?
The colour is not good, bad light but I think we have another moon, I have many moons now to work with.
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  1. Marti26 January 2014 at 14:52

    The softness of the pomegranate with logwood juxtaposed with what looks like rust markings on top make for quite a dramatic and lovely cloth. When I dyed w ith pomegranate, I cut them in half and dyed half in a copper pot, giving me an intense golden yellow and half in an enamel pot that surprisingly gave me purple and then black. The black came from leaving some of the cloth in longer and realizing that the enamel pot had some rust in it, thus turning the cloth black. It truly is fascinating to see how water, container, etc, gives such unique colors.

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    1. Debbie26 January 2014 at 18:37

      Hi Marti, thanks for sharing, it sounds as if you had some very interesting results, unfortunately I don't have an enamel or a copper pot but I do have some copper piping so will give it a go. I was using only the skins, my daughter ate the fruit but it will be interesting to try.
      Although I used a metal jar lid I think the rust looking marks are mainly down to the logwood though the black marks are from the jar.

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  2. Charlton Stitcher30 January 2014 at 14:01

    Delighted to find a fellow 'art' weaver! Thanks for your comment on my blog which sent me searching out yours. As you can see, I've joined your blog and will be following you with interest.
    I also spy an interesting book (The Art of Weaving) which I will be looking up.

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    1. Debbie30 January 2014 at 14:11

      Thanks for joining my blog, we can now follow each other with interest.

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