Thursday, 7 January 2016

Rust dyed cloth and a start of weaving again

Four towers - rust dyed and stitched
 Two small 20 x 20cm pieces for an exhibition in April that North Somerset Arts is organising at Weston Quarry. All pieces have to be this size.
Two hearts - rust dyed and stitched
 And I am actually making small beginnings back to weaving, its been three months now since I last wove anything, this will be four long thin pieces based on the beach. I need to get myself going again now, quite a few exhibitions coming up this year.

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18 comments:

  1. Mo Crow7 January 2016 at 19:40

    love how you weave the beach

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  2. jan8 January 2016 at 20:58

    Those rust pieces are so intricate! I love the different patterns on them. I must experiment with more than just tin cans! Glad to see the weaving has drawn you back Debbie; look forward to seeing the finished work. Has it really been so long since you last weaved/woved(?)x

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    1. Debbie9 January 2016 at 10:27

      Hi Jan yes it really has and as this was originally warped up for something else its really fine and is going to take an age.
      The heart rust piece is made up from several smaller pieces to get the design I wanted.

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  3. Nancy11 January 2016 at 08:22

    Your four towers first looked like paper dolls to me...all connected. I look forward to watching your weaving grow.

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    1. Debbie21 January 2016 at 16:22

      There are now four strips all the same length so still very slow.

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  4. Liz Hewitt11 January 2016 at 21:31

    So pleased to see you are weaving again, love your rust pieces.

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    1. Debbie12 January 2016 at 12:51

      Thanks Liz, its slow about an inch a day but there are four lengths growing now.
      I do keep putting it off still. See you next week.

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    2. Debbie12 January 2016 at 13:05

      Oh and I am changing the title of four towers to beach huts, saw a similar design on a mug today of beach huts.

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  5. Terriea Kwong16 January 2016 at 13:15

    Dyed with rust and stitched added beauty to the piece.

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  6. Yvette20 January 2016 at 16:24

    Besutyful! And curious how the weaving will go
    Love

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  7. Yvette21 January 2016 at 11:43

    Love to see it all!

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  8. Barbara28 February 2016 at 20:21

    I've done some rust dyeing, and always love the wildly-hilly outcome. However, I've never managed to manipulate my rust in order to achieve a desired pattern. If you have any pointers, I'm all ears!

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  9. Debbie29 February 2016 at 10:25

    Thanks, this is a bit of a cheat really, I was lent a rusty heart and an arrow shaped rusty piece to start off with which helped. The border on the heart piece was pure luck and cut out from other pieces. You can sort of manipulate them if you have specific shaped rust pieces to start off with but a lot of it is just pot luck.

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  10. Barbara4 March 2016 at 19:43

    I never tried to cut and combine pieces. I'll have to see what I've got with that in mind!

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    1. Debbie8 March 2016 at 19:33

      I do it quite a lot, I hate wasting even small pieces which i combine and use for cards.

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