Forgetting to blog can be counted as one of the many things I’ve not remembered to do over the last few months. It feels like too much to squeeze into one blog post so I’ve been putting it off and putting it off so now I’ll just bullet point the things and return to fill in the gaps.
Without further faffing, since I last wrote these things have happened, are happening.
-I started my residency at the ECA in the textiles department. I’ve been working in the print room,(pictures of my dyelab adventures below)
– The Written Image work was finished, handed in and is now showing at Edinburgh Printmakers (pictures soon)
– Funding application has been finished and handed in, the first of many to come
-Went travelling up to Orkney, saw seals on remote islands and flew in tiny planes
-Tried somewhat unsuccessfully to get a job……
-Wrote proposals for exciting things, things to be a part of and things to make a difference in. When the initial thrashes of working things out calm I’ll have to set out my time and my directions.
And so for the photographs of my dye lab testing for a new Procion MX dye colour book. Each colour in a three shade test with Mercerised Cotton, Silk Viscose Satin and Silk Twill.
The ECA’s old colour book
In these photographs you can see the three strengths of dye bath which affect the shade produced.
before being added to the bath the dispersed dye cab appear black
