27 Monday Aug 2018
Posted in Painting, Pigment, Plant Dyeing, Show-and-tell
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close to home, colour, crafts, DIY, garden, mordant, nature, plants, primitivepaints, scruffyartsupplies, summer
Five years ago I did a brief test of concentrated plant dye baths to see what they were like as watercolours. I didn’t add anything to it as I recall and I’m not sure where my sample is now!
13 Monday Aug 2018
Posted in Garden, Plant Dyeing, Show-and-tell
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close to home, colour, country life, crafts, DIY, dyeing, mordant, nature, plants
During an investigation into using dry pigments and beeswax for painting rather than oilpaints, which I’m not enjoying, I’d been reading about making lake pigments and thought it would be fun to give it a try. These are pigments from plants as opposed to rock/earth/metal based colours, and since I already had some remedies as well as dried plant materials for dyeing wool, it wasn’t too much trouble to give it a try.
23 Monday Jul 2018
Posted in Chit Chat, Garden, Plant Dyeing, Show-and-tell, Thoughts
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close to home, country life, creativity, inner conviction, inspiration, intention, life, seasons, summer, weather
It hasn’t rained here in 3 months and has been unusually hot too, so most blooming things are over and done with if they have even survived. I’m glad I didn’t make a dye garden this year, as the cost of watering would have been massive.
Colour Cottage 