35 years of textile samples, part 5: weaving, intaglio & miscellaneous
And how about all of those other areas of experimentation? I was once a weaver and a spinner, and I first learned to print and dye textiles because as a…
35 years of textile samples, part 4: non-stitched resists
Resists have always fascinated me. A resist is a substance or a mechanism used to prevent dye or colorant from acting upon a surface. My very first experiments with resist…
35 years of textile samples, part 2: stitched & clamped resists
In the previous post, I described needing a storage container and finding myself immersed in sorting through a career's worth of textile samples and explorations. Here is Part 2 of…
35 years of textile samples, part 1: early screen prints
The day began with a search for a larger container to store fabric teaching samples. It ended with a journey through 35 years of creating fabrics. I had already edited…
35 years of textile samples, part 3: stitch resist (shibori, tritik)
This is the third in a series of posts revisiting a treasure trove of textile samples made while learning new techniques. In search of a storage box, I found myself…