Updates

There's no real clever title for this because it is what it is: updates!

I have hand dyed the drapery muslin with a thinned mixed color of acrylic paint, the dried finish does not make the fabric stiff but carries enough pigment to show color--which is what I wanted. I have now begun to stitch horizontal lines in the space not occupied by the dye starting from the bottom up. In working with the material I am thinking less of designing or creating my own textile but rather using the raw materials of "fashion" (fabric, thread, embroidery, dye) to create a "painting" of my own.

I also have started working on the second painting of my triptych series and hope to be done with it by this week.

And lastly I went and raided the library for books on fabric, textiles, and patterning--especially in relation to art and culture and have read a couple, and intend to work my way through the stack!