When the muses dance.

Elephants and palm trees

It is always nice when the muses decide to play their flutes in one’s life. I am sure there are muses of all things, but when they dance in your studio it can be fun.

 



Dragonflies - first attempt

  It was early into my silks that I started using wax as a resist and it grew into part of the process. I wanted a crisper edge without using a gutta type resist so after some searching I discovered TJAPS and knew immediately  that these tools  would fit right in. (I will talk about the history of Tjanps and Tjantlings in another blog.)

Tjaps I used in these pieces

That led to the research on batiks and yes, I am now dabbling in batik. Also included with batik are some shibori techniques that one might call advanced tie dye. It is a lot of fun—but some do require much preparation. Well, like I always say where am I going that I need to get there so fast? Smiles. It has taken some time as in all things to catch on to the technique needed to gain the result one is looking for.  I think my new work demonstrates a bit of achievement and I look forward to see where this leads me in my work.  I do believe it would be much easier if I started out with a round wheel, but for one reason or another I generally start with square and chip off the edges in many exercises to learn the new road. Perhaps that is the part I like best. Shrugs.

One black turtle

With this new toy also comes new fabrics to play with. Cotton and rayon will be included in the fabrics that I will use along with silks. That offers me an opportunity to dabble at the sewing machine and to make a few wearables. Along with these fabrics comes a new dye (Procion MX) that I will talk about in an upcoming blog. There are a lot of new steps, making it seem very much like old times in the glaze room.

Peonies and butterflies

Hope you enjoyed the short stay...

Waves and winks as she watches you drive by

and calls out-

Hope you had a good time- Stop by again.