leafy images
maple leaves and the last of the purple hollyhock flowers sandwiched between 2 cotton napkins that had been mordanted in alum. They were wrapped around a plumbing pipe, tied tightly and simmered for an hour. The very old cotton pillowcase lace, along with a linen napkin were simmered in the water bath and didn’t get much of the dye.
maple leaves were layered, folded and board clamped on the linen. Left in a plastic bag in the weak autumn sun for 6 days and then steamed for an hour.
the “right” side where the colour is strong
and the “wrong” side where the tannin in the leaf skeleton has left a more defined shape.
the studio tour went very well. Lots of interesting people, including a Korean man who was very interested in the bojagi and told me more history and interesting facts.
the weather was crispy cool and sunny and sales were good.
how nice to have first hand information on the bojagi!
lovely hollyhock color.
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lovely color…i so long to have studio time, i see how productive you are and am inspired.
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