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 in the jars: lichen that i scraped off pieces of fire wood when splitting.  i don't know if it is good for dyeing?  but we will soon know.

and, Valarianna, here are your promised gourds.  i AM slow, but become much more efficient when the weather is warmer….truly am of the lizard clan.  anyway…need to get them cushioned safely in the box and then they will be winging their way to you this week.  i am so looking forward to whatever you do with them….or, nothing will be ok too.  that's what they have been doing here for a couple years.

 

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  1. jude hill Avatar
    jude hill

    lichen is great for dyeing…

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  2. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    any kind? there is an article somewhere in my mind
    about it….hmmm.

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  3. jude hill Avatar
    jude hill

    http://silkenwind.typepad.com/silkenwind/2010/07/-lichen-dyed-shibori-work.html
    ask julia, and say hi for me. she gets some fabulous results….

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  4. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    ok

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  5. Valerianna Avatar
    Valerianna

    Cool! I kind of forgot about them!!!
    I was JUST thinking about some spiral vessels or something, we’ll see what they become.
    And I love lichen…. happy dyeing with it.

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  6. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    no wonder. it’s been months.
    the lichen…i will ask julia, yes. most of the plant
    dyeing i do is just done outside in various kinds of
    pots/pans. the SUN is so intense, heats it to a very
    high degree during days and it all steeps and steeps,
    then cooling at night to repeat and repeat. when i
    have tried things indoors on the stove i get much less
    interesting results…
    i’m thinking i will do better with it all this year.

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  7. Patty M Avatar
    Patty M

    Grace, I love to see your environment. You arrange symbolic items
    in a creative way. Using the sun to warm the dye pot, yes, that’s a
    lizard clan’s way of staying close to warm places and the earth.

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  8. Deb G Avatar
    Deb G

    I’ve played with lichen a bit (inspired by Julia!). Good luck!

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  9. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    this little place will change through the year till
    winter comes again. i will continue to take photographs
    as it goes…which makes me smile. like how we take
    photographs of our children as they grow. me, it’s
    out there. the round shallow bowl will be filled daily
    with water soon. things come to drink. even spiders.
    i think they are my favorite in that way…until i
    watched, i had never though of a spider being thirsty.
    the sun does amazing things here. in a day can evaporate
    everything and when more water is added to the residue of
    the dye substance, marks are made. i had only begun
    learning about this last year. so…continuing

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  10. grace Forrest Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest Maestas

    i think it all responds differently. this will be
    interesting.

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  11. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    Late in commenting here: Picked up foliose lichen windfall last summer and dyed with it. Sent you an email with photos grace. Color of lichen dyed cloth was a soft peach.

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