i couldn't speak till i had gotten a dark color + INDIGO
now i'm trying to get the blue more dark
some more samples in the set
and the book i ordered on indigo dyeing is very good
with very good advice on how to make an indigo vat
and i liked this technique
so that's what i'm going to do wright now
+ it's finally summery in amsterdam
have a nice weekend !
okay hanging up shelves and cleaning out
closets took a bit longer ...
ordered more natural dyes and
tried out corn sauce thickener
together with the dye and it works
for silk screen printing !
in love with sumach at the moment
architectural jelly competition
via dezeen
and i like the trivet from billet
apparently swedish but i couldn't find the manufacturer
i like this copy too by kueng & caputo
going to take some days off to fix shelves for the kitchen
and to reorganize...i'll show you when it's finished
love the new winter collection by humanoid
the blanket is just...perfect
tsuru watanabe
it is one thing to dye little pieces
doing bigger pieces turns your kitchen into
this
so the kitchen and the living room are
a big mess now until we get more shelves
copy by kueng caputo
it was fun to watch all the children's clothes at the fair
and kind of unreal to see whole outfits no bigger then 30cm/12inch
some highlights were
gold
lili and the funky boys
kidscase
some colors for today
here+here
... dyeing with natural dyes is a real pleasure
it has something to do with how it behaves and
the feeling that you could eat it like in the case of sumac ,
still have to try that one
i like them all but the fifth from the top is my
favorite and i'm going to use it on my first attempt
at sewing an apron
+ tracy's recently opened shop olive brown
love this bag
now let's see , frank bought a very nice
chopping board
....and i bought a very beautiful piece of flax
+ simone decker
++ eco color thanks to ah-yi
well the nice thing for next weekend is that the dipped tea towels
are invited to participate in the zwarte markt as part of the kleine fabriek
fair ! my tea towels at a children's clothes fair you might ask ?
the idea is that they want to give the fair a more grown up atmosphere :
those are the ones who make and buy them and also because last year
the clothes from belgium were quite popular which are as long as i can remember
more simple and more grown up in their choice of colors
plus belgium has a long tradition of quality fabrics which sort of
dyed out here in the netherlands
quite excited about visiting the fair...
TZAWA from the boys collection
but i would buy it for a girl too
not available over here yet ...
this was the closest i could get to dark brown and it's more a purple brown
so i ordered browns and blues which i'm missing
the other colors you can see here
the next step is how to dye with indigo and woad
and after that how to get a nice dip
in the meantime i'm working on a prototype ....
here you can see a clip of the process of making woad colorants/pigments in france
so nice
and textile magicians
this weekend i've got something really nice coming up
i'll tell you more tomorrow
( have to find some pictures to illustrate it)
installation esther stocker
via willis henry
i'm thinking about ways to hang a tea towel
just love the clothes hangers
hope to show you some pictures of dyed wool
and linen over the weekend
it's almost time for the last mordant bath
very excited about how the dyeing is going to turn out
wishing you a warm weekend
.... some pictures of my natural dyeing adventure !
