pansies and paper
as I watered the flowers this morning
these old, much used pieces of my mother’s came to mind
and embroidery, crochet and knitting
I acquired my love of textiles early in life
the tea dyeing on paper was relatively quick with interesting results
each paper is a little different as the tea weakened and I added different dye stuff
I’ve decided on six signatures for the book
while the shifu pages are being woven I’ll cut and add paper pages
weaving on a linen warp with some indigo accents
the paper was used for calligraphy practice – using sumi ink – before being cut in 3mm widths
each page will be different as I’m using up small amounts of kami-ito from the stash
the colour and weight of the yarn changes with different paper being used
You definitely came by your love of textiles honestly!
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Kerry – it started with embroidery kits – bright squares of cotton with a simple animal shape printed on them, fat wool yarn, a blunt needle and plastic scissors. I graduated to knitting and sewing doll’s clothes and haven’t stopped.
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I love pansies too and your mother’s piece is so pretty. Pansies seem to be the perfect flower for inspiration don’t they?
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Catherine – I think it is the pansies pretty little faces.
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