Another winter day where I'm stuck inside...at least today it was bright and sunny, though I didn't see too much of the sun since I spent so much time in the basement. I put more of our 20 inches of snowfall to use today.
Yesterday I started another color progression from Golden Yellow to Fire Red. This time, the fabric dried after being soaked in soda ash, then the snow applied while it lay flat, followed by scrunching and rolling, otherwise the process was the same as my previous snow-dye progression. Here are the results:
I also began three other pieces, the first with silk and the other two are pima cotton (these were done with dye solution mixed with snow):
The first is mostly turquoise with a bit of sky blue. The second is burgundy and the third eggplant. After a few hours of sitting, I spritzed the cotton fabrics with a bit of leftover watered-down dye because there was still a lot of unwanted white space peaking through. This accounts for the pale spaces on the fabrics. Silk tends to wick the dye, so it did not need any spritzing.
I am working toward having a large range of colors at my disposal for coming projects. I may not know yet what those projects are, but it truly is the dye results that takes my breath away. More snow dyes to come as we have a third snow day tomorrow!!
All images copyright Katrina Boles.
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