Sea of Samples

This is the last frenzy of sampling before I leave tomorrow.

I did them yesterday but still they are not dry enough to pack.

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In Print

The latest issue of Down Under Textiles is now online

and the print issue apparently will be available by

the end of the week.

There should be an article in there

by me

called

Bundle Dyeing - Leafy Presents to Yourself

ok I see they have gone with

Dyeing with Natural Ingredients Part II by Trace Willans

Hmm maybe it is a subtitle

No thye have chosen not use

my fun quirky title.

Never mind

I am on pages 40 - 45.

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Notes From The Shed

Eucalyptus cinerea Argyle Apple

and Ecalyptus polyanthemos Silver Dollar Gum

Had a lovely weekend out at The Shed

Collected Fungi

such wealth

puffball

earthstar

I have them all in together this year

but next year I plan seperate baths

The identitification bible

All with beautiful hand painted illustrations

and Katrina lives in the area

But now I am back in Albany for the week

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Eucalyptus Cinerea

Yes I did it.

Eucalyptus Cinerea Paint

I haven't yet cracked the rich red colour

but I will get there.

i am so excited to have finally

made a paint

with leaves gathered from my property

All will be revealed at my upcoming workshop

in Melbourne

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Weekend Happenings

The Eagle-Eyed Scouts amongst you

 may have noticed a new listing

on the side bar

under Pieces of Me

which lists where my art works can be found

in the real world

This isa lovely gallery in my town of

Denmark in Western Australia

called

Ulyquin Jewellery and Art Gallery

located in the Denmark Visitors Centre

and they are now stocking me.

I popped in on my way home on Friday

to take a picture of the display

Impressive!!!!

And this a not very good photo

of my output at home on the weekend.

Sticking with just thread, white wax,

 lamp black oil stick and handmade indigo oil paint

it is amazing what you can do

though perhaps the fact that

I am working over old work

is a helpful underbase.

And now I am back in town

for another week of

preparing workshop samples.

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Paint Samples

Playing with red cabbage paint!!!!

For the Natural Dye Symposium

at Beautiful Silks next month.

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New Work

encaustic and home made indigooil paint on board

A little something I made yesterday

I love it

I think I will make a few more of these.

But what to call it

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Birds and fishing moon

This is George

Cedric our Drake

Sugar

Sophia, Blonde, Big Roy, McChicken

Another Blonde, Hedley

Harriet, Mother

Isabella

A question was asked about the identity of the duck in the last post

so here I have pictures of everyone

who currently lives at our place

George we raised from a duckling

she is now71/2 years old

and our smartest duck.

The rest of the ducks we have had for about 5 years

and they were farmed out while we were away

the chickens are new since we arrived home

Mother is so called because when she came to us

She had a single tiny chick with her

That chick has now grown up

and is McChicken so named because

she is enormous

with the longest legs

So there may have been some loose talk

about GM

hence the name.

And this the moon I was lucky enough to see last night

down at the beach

Floating majestically

among the clouds.

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Rain!!!!!!!!!!!!

Looking east towards the morning sun

Boy o boy have we had some rain

It didn't seem to bad yesterday in Albany

and we set off home about 1.30pm

Chook yard

We stopped in Denmark

Did our weekend shopping and visit to the library

and Post Office

The first sign of trouble

 a big sign just west of town

indicating care should be taken

because of

Flood Damage!!!

What the?

Well several of the gravel roads had been washed down

onto the highway making for a tricky drive home

 

Looking North

And when we got home

Half of our gravel road had washed onto our

driveway

making for a boggy silty mess

 

Duck Pond

And the 4000 Litre tank that Dan emptied into the big tank last weekend

Full

Off a 40sqm roof space!!!!!

Now that is a lot of rain

Thank goodness he cleaned the gutters as well

And it continued to rain all night

with thunder and lightening

The Vegie Garden

Thank goodness for raised beds

So these pics are what it looks like this morning

Now that the sun is shining and the skies are blue

Just like nothing happened.

Now to get the washing on the line

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Update

Heard while we were in town this afternoon that from thursday evening to friday morning we had

200ml of rain!!!!!

and then it kept rainig till this morning at least another 20-30ml.

Unbelievable.