April 15th Challenge - So Blue

It's been awhile since I posted, I'll be putting my challenge piece images into the flickr folder!

This weeks challenge is So Blue with the temps warming up now is an excellent time to rejuvinate those indigo vats!

March 11th Challenge

I have been nursing an inner ear infection all week and totally forgot to post this weeks challenge!!!

This weeks challenge is spring flowers - interpet how you wish.

I'm envisioning some wild fibers dyed with cochineal and osage orange and probably needle felted into some abstracted garden.

March 4th Challenge

Birds of a Feather is this weeks challenge, interpet as you will!
The robins have returned here, even if it did snow on Sonday and is threatening to snow again tomorrow. I"m feeling spring deficient at the moment, but with Daylight Savings Time arriving this weekend maybe I'll get more light and feel more lively.
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Kimberly

February 26th Challenge

Oooops I forgot to do this yesterday! Somehow I missed a few days in my week.

This weeks challenge is all about spring, Spring Green!!! With St. Patrick's Day coming up I thought I could get a jumpstart on everything green by dyeing my fabric with osage orange and then overdyeing with indigo. My vat has survived the winter and quite well, of course it lives in my wet studio which is in the basement so that does help.

Rust and Red Challenge Piece

Rust dyed over setacolor paints, I am in love with a color called Bengal Pink! I especially like the way it looks with the penrod yellow (or is it penrod green?) regardless it's a most excellent combination. I'm not sure what I will do with this piece yet, probably piece it with some hand-dyed fabrics.

I should have the other two challenge pieces ready to photograph tomorrow.

February 19th Challenge

It's Tuesday again!!! This weeks theme is Yellow Yellow.

It's been very cold here in Iowa, and the theme here is Snow, Snow, and more Snow! Spring is what I'm dreaming of now, daffodils, tulips and more are what I'm wishing to see.

New Ideas

This weeks challenge has really got me going, I have all sorts of new ideas to incorporate with my rust dyeing.

I'll try to get some photos posted to my regular blog later today! Mixing medias is one of my passions when it comes to surface design, building rich and layered surfaces is a must in my studio. If you've ever wondered how those other artists created those pieces then stand back a momment and take a really good look. Now start counting the layers! That's right layers, it may not be evident at first blush but every master piece I've ever seen was built up in a series of layers. That's the secret!!!

Now back to my regularly scheduled studio time ;-)