Boro Style Art

More Studio Clearing

A set of 3 pieces

Recycled Cotton paint Rags

with a wool backing

all handstitched

each approx 21 x 25 cm

 8 1/4 x 9 3/4 in

$25 each

or $60 the set

$5 postage in Oz

$10 overseas

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Drifting

It's not like nothing is happening and I haven't been doing stuff,

 it is just that, well I don't really know.

I am kinda just drifting along and

actually sitting down to blog has just been to hard

I have been playing with more paint rag pages

different ideas

and I made a book

which has gone up to an exhibition

in Mission Beach

A Book Of Xanth

full of experiments

and fun

My trip to Melbourne has been and gone

Saw the John Wolsley Exhibition 

which was awesome

But was very disappointed 

that they sold out of catalogs

in the first week

and will not be printing any more

I spent some time with Robyn out at Open Drawer

and talked about maybe doing a workshop there

next March

I ate and I shopped and had thoroughly lovely time

The Triple Sec Hot Chocolate at

Monsieur Truffe

was delicious

Went to Neil Wallace

and Tesutti Fabrics

So all is well as I settle back into my routine

prepping for a workshop in Ingham

in a week and a half

and playing with 

paint rags

though I will have to get some more paintings done

as my supply is getting very low

But that is how it goes

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In the Studio

I have been covering paint rags with

tradtional glue gesso

to use as pages 

in some new 

fabric books

I am planning

This is a small piece 

on wood

encaustic, xanthorrhoea resin, nacre, indigo

and this is the place on my floor

 where the pieces 

I think are finished 

live for a while 

until I am sure

a mix of cold and hot wax

Unfortunately they are too fat 

for cost effective overseas postage

But I might put them in the etsy shop

for Ozzie buyers

Or I may take them

travelling with me

only time will tell

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Total Lack of Tea

I thought it might be nice to show some of the

unrelated to tea things that I have been up to

I soaked 3 Tshirts in soy milk

and then naturally dyed them

with leaves and some natural dye powder

I had left over from the workshop I taught

at Beautiful Silks last year

I was not entirely happy with the results

But as I tell my students

that is just an opportunity to do something else

Here I printed with the rusty etching plates

seen in a previous post

This one you may want to open in another window

egg printed with a lino block

then dyed with leaves

see tutorial here

This is another Tshirt that has not been soyed

But I have been using it as a paint rag

It is now curing before I wash it

and either wear as is

or overdye

I am thining I may have my new range

of clothes to sell.

And here are some tiny books

All made from bits of old prints

from uni

This is the last of them now

so now I will have to do some new prints

to use in my books

Naturally of course

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