Today is a misty day down at the pond, with subtle November colors under a gray sky.
I see these colors reflected in the silk and wool from my latest (and likely my last until next year) leaf bundle experiment. I had collected so many leaves I couldn’t see my work table. So I bundled them in silk and wool strips. The wool was treated first with alum. The silk had been soy sized some months ago. Simmering them in onion skin extract gave lovely rust colored edges.
The thrilling ecoprint process (as developed then shared “whirled”-wide by India Flint) transforms the fleeting beauty of these leaves to something we can savor over time. I’ll add the strips to my personal quilt weaving, started long ago (a technique learned from Jude Hill of Spiritcloth).
those strips are simply gorgeous!!
Beautiful Ecoprints!
kit, you have captured the spirit of november here, even in the eco prints.
like a misty November morning….
those strips are simply gorgeous!!
thank you Jane – this is such a great way to play w/leaves.
and quiet; almost like the damp leaves on the path.
thanks Karen.
Velma, yes I imagine we share many of the same trees, shrubs, flora, and fauna here at northern latitudes East of the Mississippi (me just barely east).