As I mentioned in a previous post, when I saw that my vat had reached optimal conditions, with the dark amber color that indicates well-reduced indigo at a reasonably high concentration, I reached for the pieces of stitched shibori laboriously prepped earlier. After six rounds of dipping and oxidizing, I took a seam ripper and opened up the first piece, which was a small test piece about 6-1/2" wide meant to try out a design that came into my head:
I had three more pieces of nui shibori which I put through an additional four rounds of dipping and oxidizing before carefully undoing the stitching. The results were thrilling. First of all, here's my pride and joy, a selvage-to-selvage quarter-yard piece using a technique that I learned from Jane Callender last fall:
I also love how this tatewaku pattern turned out:
Sorry not to offer a close-up. My photo-editing program managed to eat up the image as I was editing it--a really strange glitch that I hope won't become a regular thing.
Mokume stripes on the diagonal also turned out well, although closer rows of stitching might have avoided some of the uneven breaks in the dyeing:
More to come!
I had three more pieces of nui shibori which I put through an additional four rounds of dipping and oxidizing before carefully undoing the stitching. The results were thrilling. First of all, here's my pride and joy, a selvage-to-selvage quarter-yard piece using a technique that I learned from Jane Callender last fall:
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Sorry not to offer a close-up. My photo-editing program managed to eat up the image as I was editing it--a really strange glitch that I hope won't become a regular thing.
Mokume stripes on the diagonal also turned out well, although closer rows of stitching might have avoided some of the uneven breaks in the dyeing:
More to come!
All of these pieces are stunning Jessica!
ReplyDeleteThose look so amazing! The mokume piece looks like it's glowing.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful mokume - Jane would be delighted!
ReplyDeleteThanks--I will have to send Jane an email and tell her!
DeleteLove the way these stitched patterns have turned out! So envious of you and Kim for getting the chance to work with Jane!!
ReplyDeleteMaybe you can set up a gig for Jane in the Bay Area? Or come up to Vancouver for the Maiwa Symposium the next time she's here!
DeleteHi Jessica, just popping by after replying to your messages in my blog (https://tetsukuri.wordpress.com) I really like the contrast in your mokume, very beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lu! The real pieces are not quite so bright, but they do have a lot of contrast, as well as beautifully layered solid areas. I did a lot of dipping!
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