for most of my life i was a painter. i have a master of fine art degree in painting. about 10 years ago i stopped painting and began working almost exclusively with textiles - quilting, rug hooking, embroidery, knitting and now spinning.
these past two days i've been immersed in dyeing. now i remember what it was about painting that i loved the most. it was creating colours. creating colour combinations. knowing that to add just a drop of this dye/paint i will get the colour i want. or i will discover a completely new colour. it is alchemy. it is magic.
2 comments:
yum!
what a beautiful garden to work in as well. Next to a clothes line full of diapers drying or a line of flowing bed clothes(sheets)... a line of dyed fleece is also a sight for sore eyes!! I thinks it has something to do with being a Newfoundlander and our lineage to the clothes line! Kind of bizarre but beautiful :)
xo
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