Cuffs:
Collection of undyed cuffs with a variety of surface designs
and textures.
Mordanting the cuffs in potassium aluminum sulfate.
Cuffs after having been dyed with combinations of cochineal,
madder root, Osage orange, and myrobalan.
Bric-a-Brac Cuff, 2009; merino wool fleece, cotton thread,
waxed linen; wet felted, naturally dyed with cochineal and walnut, free-motion
machine embroidered, handstitched. 1½" x 9" x 1". Photo:
John Lucas.
Stone Grid Cuff, 2009; merino and finn/rambouillet wool fleece,
cotton thread; wet felted, handstitched, free-motion machine embroidered. 9"
x 3" x 1". Photo: John Lucas.
Shawls:
Wingspread:
Silk, which had been resist dyed with madder root and then
fused with merino fleece, mordanting in potassium aluminum sulfate bath to prepare
the wool to be dyed.
Klakulak rinsing the unattached mordant from the shawl before
placing in the dye pot.
Wingspread, 2009; merino wool fleece, silk fabric; resist
dyed with madder root, wet felted, dyed with madder root. 11" x 60".
Photo: John Lucas.
Coral & Rock:
Klakulak rinsing the unattached mordant from the shawl comprised
of resist dyed silk that has been fused with merino wool before placing in the
dye pot.
Madder root striking the shawl slowly.
Coral & Rock, 2009; merino, Icelandic and alpaca fleece,
silk fabric; resist dyed with Osage orange and madder root, wet felted, naturally
dyed with madder root. 15" x 63". Photo: John Lucas.
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