inkodye workshop, day 2

worked on 2 new pieces today, finished neither.
this one is 4 layers: 2 of inkodye, 2 of acrylic:

this one is 6 layers: 3 of inkodye and 3 of acrylic:

Here’s the one i finished yesterday:

not quite sure how i started out with bark
and ended up with grasses and stacked stones.
i like yesterday’s piece, though. it is the quiet, the slow i crave.
maybe i’ll use today’s red as an underneath mat:

when the ubiquitous question “what do you do” came to me, i said i was rather nomadic, rather like a gypsy then i launched into a short string of things i’ve done. it admittedly sounded like i couldn’t hold a job. and while it was fascinating to hear about the experiences of the exhibits of one and the fashion shows of another and the one who just last week applied for a job as a rug designer, i have to say that for the first time in a long time, it felt good to be one who is ravenously curious and dabbles in so many varied things.

i really like this dying technique and spent a good deal of today’s workshop planning future applications of the technique. ray, the instructor, has done some exquisite and functional creations: window coverings, room dividers, closet doors to name a few. i can see doors created with this technique in my future – doors to cabinets and rooms to start with. some things never change.

but first i’m eager to get back to work on autoquiltography one tomorrow.

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