Life Goes On II

To create the fabric for this piece, I first collected smooth stones from Halladay Brook next to my house. By placing the stones on cotton that I had painted with dye, the dye molecules migrated away from the covered areas leaving ghostly serendipitous circles.

Don’t ask me why, I think of it as some sort of magic… Anyone out there know the answer??

Here’s a closer look:

Life Goes On- detail

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3 Responses to “Life Goes On II”

Teresa Funes Says:
July 12, 2013 at 3:10 am | Reply
Thank you for your art. It is fabulous.
Teresa
linda elder Says:
July 12, 2013 at 11:59 am | Reply
Wonderful work. Thanks for telling us how you did it.
elle Says:
July 24, 2013 at 10:05 pm | Reply
the reason for the transition would be related to what type of dye you used, I would think. Different dyes respond to different mordants. Back in the day, took a class at CCA(C) on dye theory.