Yesterday was a
blue day
and ... it was a day full of magic !
Eight ladies and a nice teacher, Elly Poldervaart, explored
(along the edges of)
the v a s t realm of indigo.
(surely that is too much to fathom in just one day,
I think you can study years on that !)
After the introduction
Elly started making an organic indigo vat,
according to the instructions of "Indigo-guru"
botanist and chemist Michel Garcia
A look inside the magic pot !
We then all started with a length of thin woolen fabric (etamine)
to fold, clamp or stitch shibori-wise.
(it was very silent then ...)
(totally forgot to take pictures of my own stitching)
We had a good lunch
(although we didn't have "time" for that ;-) ...)
and started "dipping" after that,
or
continued stitching, like me
Checking temperature,
checking pH
and putting the first one in.
Tah-daaaaaaah
and started "dipping" after that,
or
continued stitching, like me
checking pH
and putting the first one in.
There it is
yellow, green ... and then slowly
BLUE
After that ...
it started raining !!!
(and no small drops)
So everything was moved a bit, to the bicycle storage
(Elly's studio is in an old school building)
the magic blue cloths appeared !
took quite some time and effort !
In the end we could put in
some more items that we brought with us.
Then, too soon, it was time to tidy up and put all the work on the table
Thanks Elly
it was a day of magic !
(another treat !)
and some more rinsing and unpicking
...........
and ...
What a day ...
BLUE !!!
Excellent results!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThanks Connie !
VerwijderenBlue-tiful!
BeantwoordenVerwijderen& do you know of Edward Lear's poem, "The Jumblies"?
"…Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue…"
HA ! Thanks Hazel, don't know the poem, but you would think that I must be a "Jumblie" ....
Verwijderen(although, might not ... my head's red ... ;-) ...)
lol....blue hands and beautiful, blue cloth!! It looks like you had a lot of fun...
BeantwoordenVerwijderenIt was fun Karen !
Verwijderen(wouldn't touch yóúr stuff though ...)
Wat een mooie resultaten en wat fijn om zo samen bezig te kunnen zijn.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenEen heel lekker dagje met heerlijk resultaat !
VerwijderenWunderbar! Traumhaft schön geworden! Das hat sicher großen Spaß gemacht, die Fäden aus den Stoffen herauszulösen und das Muster entstehen zu shen.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenHerzliche Grüße
Heidi
Danke Heidi, ich liebe dieses Blau !
VerwijderenDie Muster waren eine Überrasschung als sie sichtbar wurden.
(aber man muss schon aufpassen mit der Schere !)
Traumhaft! Danke dass du uns teilhaben läßt! herzlich Anke
BeantwoordenVerwijderenDu kénnst den Zauber !!! ;-)
VerwijderenSo schöne Bilder Els. Und so schöne Ergebnisse. Da kriegt man richtig Lust.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenEs war schon lange auf meiner Wunschliste, Doris ;-)
VerwijderenSo ein Farbfieber ! Spannung bis zuletzt.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenAch, blaue oder grüne oder rote Hände, egal -
Mit Handschuhen konnte ich auch noch nie arbeiten.
Feine Ergebnisse.
herzlichst, Angela
Das Blau ist schon verschwunden, Angela ;-)
Verwijderen(nein, auch im Garten ziehe ich oft die Handschuhe aus ...)
Fajne warsztaty.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenKupiłam to indygo dość dawno temu i nie mam pojęcia co z nim i jak tzn. Jak utrwalać. Wiem tylko, że po ufarbowaniu jest zielone a potem się utlenia w cudowną niebieskość.
It depends on what kind you have, Elisabeth ...
VerwijderenIn this vat very simple chemicals were used ...
(look for Michel Garcia, he found this recipe)
I will surely try it now myself !
Die Zeichnungen auf den Stoffen sind einzigartig schön! In der Gruppe macht es noch mehr Spaß und man kann seine Ideen spontan untereinander austauschen. Jetzt bin ich gespannt, wie du (besonders die moons ;o) einsetzt.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenJa, Birgit, hab schon ein par neue Ideen für "clamping" ...
VerwijderenJaaaa, moons !!! ;-) (obwohl manche nicht sehr dunkel sind ... es war am Ende der Tag ...)
What joy!!! I agree with you about the unpicking though - a little pair of sharp scissors is a must - even if your grandmother told you as a child that if you coudln't unpick a knot you'd never be able to manage your husband!!!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI had the pleasure of going on a Michel Garcia workshop with Committed to Cloth - it was doubly delightful, first for all we learnt about natural dyeing, but second, just the fun of watching him teach - he is such a character, totally committed to his dyeing practice and like the very best sort of mad scientist complete with French accent.
Now you have lots of beautiful scraps to play with.
Ha, ha, ha good advice, Kat.
VerwijderenMy scissors were sharp : I snipped in the wool once !
WOOOOOOOOOOW you did the REAL thing ????? Lucky you !
I heard (some of the group had been with him too) he's a special person ;-)
(I think you describe him well !)
Oh treasures! Moons and everything.
BeantwoordenVerwijderen(they were GREEN first before they went blue ... ;-) !)
VerwijderenLooks so beautiful!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThanks for sharing x
Thanks Mrs B, it was such fun to do !
VerwijderenLooks like a really fun day, and worth the blue hands.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenIt was the first, but definitely not the last indigo-day, Jackie !
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