Dan is currently in his last week of his first semester of his Honours Year at Uni. Consequently a lot of tea is being drunk. I am making the most of this by playing with them all.
This is the bowl I use for dyeing
with a few small rusty pieces in the bottom
and here are a few taking a bath
I vary the ingredients
sometimes I add a little
from my jars of metho and natural dye pigment
After their bath
thye lie around on water colour paper
to dry
Opened up and tea removed
a rainbow of tea bags
the bonus is the dyed
watercolour paper
which I am making into little books
I think I will also add some
tea bags to the inside
this little tea bag
has been rusted
indigoed
and waxed
inspiration for something larger
I have a few of these frames
they are from bee hives
thrown away at the local tip
I plan an exhibtion of them
in my studio
for the
Coming up at the end of
September
x te
