odds and ends

I decided to do a bit more machine stitching and used some of the threads that were too thick or too 'bobbly' to go through the bobbin. I especially like the raised effect on the reverse.
























The result of the arashi shibori from the previous posting and two further pieces. The first piece had one pice of string wrapped in a regular pattern. The other two were wrapped with two pieces of string and in a more random way. I rather like these although they would be more useful for projects based on bamboo or zebras.

Handpainted with Marabu textil plus pen:















Monoprinted cloth. I think the squggly one is the most successful. I re-used the same pattern 3 times on the same piece - it looks like a lot snakes have escaped and squirmed all over the cloth.














I sewed zig zags of running stitch across this fabric, pulled it really tight then painted across the top of the exposed folds. It resulted in this interesting sparse pattern.












This is the front, first with the sewn spirals still in place, then after the paint has dried and they have been removed.

This is the reverse of the fabric, first with the stitching still in place, then after it has dried and the stitches have been removed

The following three are pre-printed fabrics with further dyeing added

Chapter 5 - Making patterned papers

1. Ink marks

Made with a variety of cardboard combs and brushes of varying sizes

2. Bleach

3. Monoprinting from glass

I first tried using acrylic but quickly decided that it dried too fast so moved on to a mix of pva glue and black ink which was much better. Some of these are patterns 'stamped' onto the glass, others are paint spread over the glass then manipulated by moving the paint around or removing it. Also some secondary prints.

4. Rubbings

Rubbings from 'wire tray and pizza pan in combination', woven bin, brickwork, a round seive and the tread of a stepper exercise machine:

Rubbings from pizza tray, funnel shaped seive and the granite slab in front of my fireplace










Rubbings from a woven basket, wire basket and woven rubbish bin: