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amaebi as i saw a late twenty to early thirty-something year old wearing an oh so ironic "college" t-shirt get into his BMW with it's "INVISIBL [hand]" license plate in a Wharton - University of Pennsylvania license plate holder. I have memories of Wharton students from my time at Penn,and associate them with a get-rich, me-first energy. Enven the Wharton professor who was going to help the Christian Association sell it's core-of-campus building created such a sense of antagonism with the University, that the deal with the obvious buyer got caught up in court cases and dragged on.... What is there to witness to Mr Invisibl Hand?
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I'm returning back to the grocery store shortly: the pharmacy was closed last night. Christine and i walked down town yesterday evening under the full moon, planning our meals through our first breakfast at the campground. We bought frozen yogurt from the hip self-serve place where you pay by the ounce. While pounding techno played i selected the oatmeal cookie gelato, the praline yogurt, and topped it with cinnamon and chocolate syrup. (There are tart flavors there, too.) We marveled at the crush at the established gelato store across the street, and then walked back to the plaza at the train station, where we made our grocery list on a park bench under the full moon.
The number of wandering minstrels on the street was impressive: what would be a lovely street performer costume for Christine to play Italian mandolin, i wonder.
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One item on the grocery list is flour, as i am going to play with a flour resist on the cardigan and t-shirt i died mostly red last year. You plaster the fabric, allow to dry, and then crinkle, creating cracks in the paste. Then you apply thickened dye, which seeps in the cracks, creating a natural fragmenting pattern.
I've also tied a small camisole in a irregular pleat around two conjoined soda bottles. It's my attempt at Arashi shibori inspired resist. I'm also trying again with tied small puckers -- most like tie-dye -- using the artificial sinew. Last year i used crochet thread and found the unbinding didn't leave me with one long marvelously mottled pattern, but lots of small bits. While i appreciated the subtle resist pattern, i'm looking forward to a stronger resist, this time
I do enjoy imagining how the chemistry of bringing the celulose, the reactive dye, and the soda together will work. Soak the fabric in soda and then dye? Add the soda to the dye and then apply?
Apply dye to dry fabric, to wet? All create different effects, none of which i'm particularly experienced with. I suppose i should find the video notes i made last year to review.
(And, oh, that's right -- i need to soak the fabric in soda water before applying the flour paste!)
amaebi as i saw a late twenty to early thirty-something year old wearing an oh so ironic "college" t-shirt get into his BMW with it's "INVISIBL [hand]" license plate in a Wharton - University of Pennsylvania license plate holder. I have memories of Wharton students from my time at Penn,and associate them with a get-rich, me-first energy. Enven the Wharton professor who was going to help the Christian Association sell it's core-of-campus building created such a sense of antagonism with the University, that the deal with the obvious buyer got caught up in court cases and dragged on.... What is there to witness to Mr Invisibl Hand?--==∞==--
I'm returning back to the grocery store shortly: the pharmacy was closed last night. Christine and i walked down town yesterday evening under the full moon, planning our meals through our first breakfast at the campground. We bought frozen yogurt from the hip self-serve place where you pay by the ounce. While pounding techno played i selected the oatmeal cookie gelato, the praline yogurt, and topped it with cinnamon and chocolate syrup. (There are tart flavors there, too.) We marveled at the crush at the established gelato store across the street, and then walked back to the plaza at the train station, where we made our grocery list on a park bench under the full moon.
The number of wandering minstrels on the street was impressive: what would be a lovely street performer costume for Christine to play Italian mandolin, i wonder.
--==∞==--
One item on the grocery list is flour, as i am going to play with a flour resist on the cardigan and t-shirt i died mostly red last year. You plaster the fabric, allow to dry, and then crinkle, creating cracks in the paste. Then you apply thickened dye, which seeps in the cracks, creating a natural fragmenting pattern.
I've also tied a small camisole in a irregular pleat around two conjoined soda bottles. It's my attempt at Arashi shibori inspired resist. I'm also trying again with tied small puckers -- most like tie-dye -- using the artificial sinew. Last year i used crochet thread and found the unbinding didn't leave me with one long marvelously mottled pattern, but lots of small bits. While i appreciated the subtle resist pattern, i'm looking forward to a stronger resist, this time
I do enjoy imagining how the chemistry of bringing the celulose, the reactive dye, and the soda together will work. Soak the fabric in soda and then dye? Add the soda to the dye and then apply?
Apply dye to dry fabric, to wet? All create different effects, none of which i'm particularly experienced with. I suppose i should find the video notes i made last year to review.
(And, oh, that's right -- i need to soak the fabric in soda water before applying the flour paste!)
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