Extra Muse Sunday MORE CHANGE THAN STASIS

Extra Muse

Weary 'Ol Thing

Thanks To The Artists
for all that they share, and
the varied and beautiful ways they share it.

Especially Jude and Deanna, whose gifts of

time, advice, material and inspiration are bountiful, and to

Velma, Grace, Kaite, Karen,
Nancy , Nadia, Nandas, Judy, Jean,
and to Shibori girl for keeping silk alive,
and 'Discovery Cloth', and 'Softly Spun',
whose names I would love to know.
 

Thrift Shop Bargain
Raw Silk and Perfect for Some New Project
$5

THE ALTER CLOTH

I've been working with an idea

Ancestor Alter Cloth

This ribbon wrapped a gift of fabric from Deanna

I like this simplicity at the bottom 

Thoughts of me and my "Nana"

 Since Deanna Sent Fabric I've been
Going through my old paint box, and
Dyeing cloth for the past many, many weeks.

Here

Previously soaked in vinegar,

Oak leaves, simmering in a large pot.

One long, beautiful piece of white Habotai silk

After the first treatment.

 Tying knots differently for each of three soaks.

Some initial results once second soak dried.

Then a third soak.

I think I've got what I want of the Oak.

 The next step is copper imprints as soon as my pennies get that

lovely verdigris green (depending on the copper content-

some "made before 1982 are about 95% copper").

 They still need to be date sorted, rough sanded,

and soaked for a few days.

Then, I'm not quite sure where

or with what I will press them, but
the idea is to find a shape of something specific,

impress green areas in repetitive patterns,

perhaps also draw with dye on the light areas of the silk.

I have my thinking cap on.

 

I am amazed by the strength of this piece of silk,

given the rough treatment it has received at my hands,

the way it forgives, doesn't tear,
and holds it's own fiber integrity.

That we might all be so true to our natures as that!

Amaze

by Adelaide Crapsey
I know
Not these my hands
And yet I think there was
A woman like me once had hands
Like these.