I will be teaching a 3-day katazome workshop at Grand Marais Art Colony this summer. See more info below.
Bees, Bears, and Blossoms detail
I’m looking forward to teaching a 3-day workshop at Grand Marais Art Colony on the North Shore of Lake Superior. This is a wonderful place to be inspired and learn something new. Registration is now open.
Find out more here:
https://grandmaraisartcolony.org/events/introduction-to-katazome-japanese-stencil-dying/
A belated Happy New Year, 2019 – Year of the Pig!
After a late start I have finished my 2019 Year of the Pig Lunar Calendar wall hanging. I tried a different type of stencil paper, called Wax-O stencil, but it didn’t hold up so well. It is a very heavy waxed paper, a dream to cut, but did not hold up to the wet rice paste resist. Consequently, I only made 4 of these, 3 of which are for sale here in my online shop.
2019 is off to a good start for me. I’ll be teaching a 3-day beginning katazome class during the last weekend in June at Grand Marais Art Colony on the North Shore of Lake Superior. Please watch my blog for further updates. Better yet, add your email address into the form at right and you will receive blog updates through email.
This past August I pasted the Bees, Bears, and Blossoms design on linen, and dyed it with natural pigments.
Pasting this design on cloth was challenging. Four-way repeats always are, but this stencil is quite big (12”x22”), so aligning the top and bottom edges is tricky. I am really pleased with the results on linen. I completed this work in August of this year, working in the outdoor gazebo. Along with the new design I pasted and dyed two owl pillows and two bear pillows, A couple of these will be in Ripple River Gallery during the holiday season. And one in the shop.
silver minnow 