A piece for sale in the Pop-Up Shop at the Capricornia Printmakers at the moment. Pop into the Walter Reid Centre in East Street Rockhampton to see it in person. It takes inspiration from the purple of iron tannate from small pieces of eco-dyed fabric and paper. Moonlight Sonata, 2025. Silk, cotton threads on painted … More Slow Stitch Work at the Pop-Up Shop
String lines. #365ChallengePostcards
Study in texture. #365ChallengePostcards
The last few days’ eco-prints will be on display at Capricorn Printmakers in the Walter Reid building, Rockhampton from 27 February. #365ChallengePostcards
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More eco-dying. I hope you can make out the hibiscus flower! Red hibiscus, with acidified (vinegar) aluminium (can) as the mordant. I find the blue version of the dye lasts longer than the red. #365ChallengePostcards
The lines created by wrapping the piece in a eco-dying bundle are just as interesting to me as the leaves! #365ChallengePostcards
I did it! Created daily every day in January. At Byfield recently, there was a large tree near the pool with leaves that turned bright red, just before they fell off the tree. Red jewels in the green. Always on alert for interesting leaves, I collected a few and bundled them with some watercolour paper … More 1 February, 2022
Kathryn Kerr 