Rockin' Along

I printed some fern resist

on white canvas

with Elmer's Clear Washable School Glue

a few days ago.

It dried

and today I painted it with some

Dye-Na-Flow.

It is drying again, and then I will heat set it.

The color is not very true here -

I will photograph it again when dry.

I'm thinking this would make a really nice fabric 

for chair backs in our dining room.

This afternoon I steamed some red onion skins

and rose leaves.

Let's see how long I can wait to open this bundle!

I opened my first '3-week bundle' this afternoon!

This piece was wrapped around a rusty chain.

The fabric had been steeped in River Birch Leaves,

and some had been rolled up inside:

When this piece was batching,

I was still under the impression that it was a good thing

to keep my bundles rolled up in plastic -

hence the black mold spots on this piece.

This last picture is quite dramatic, I think:

This part of the silk is toward the very outer edge of the roll,

where the river birch liquor was strongest.

peace