The Necessity of dyeing

It has been many weeks since I've had more than a few hours to spend in the studio, designing, dyeing, thinking, or really doing anything more than what one can get accomplished when the brain is rushed and split. So this past weekend, though I had many other family obligations, I played hooky and spent my time in the basement. Not feeling inspired to work on the pattern, I was more energized for some dye time. After looking through samples of green fabrics I've done in the past, I opted to do a light to dark gradation with avocado.

I was not pleased with the lightness of the first three that I've decided to over-dye them with old mixes of lemon yellow and avocado.
My favorite piece had the most black and it led to a tangent of sorts...

To me, this reminds me a bit of stained glass, and it reminds my husband of x-rays. Either way, I like the results so much I decided to attempt to replicate it in other colors, though I don't expect to use them in the project I'm currently working on. If they come out, perhaps I'll share those later.

All photos copyright Katrina Kouba Boles

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