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the beauty of just this much

i will go back to yesterday's thought as soon as i can.  sometime tomorrow.  i want to respond to thoughts offered.  i was planning to do that tonight, then things came up and it's too late.  but i do want to put this here

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it dried from sepia to the walnut i had expected.  i am , what?,  Uhhh, i am well, just so
"taken" by these marks.   this is actually the opposite side of the cloth as in the pic when it was wet.  this side is more defined.   and it is as i'd felt before.  How can it be Improved upon?  Changed by adding anything?  it is just so amazing as it is.  and i think that's why i've not gone along much into this process of bundling.  So i am looking.  i am thinking that maybe at the most, there might be some kind of border on the left side…but even that seems intrusive on the innate design.  i don't know.   What would YOU do if it was at your house???????????

 

 

 

 

 

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  1. jude Avatar
    jude

    i would look for a while, until i need some cloth for something.

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  2. Valerianna Avatar
    Valerianna

    I would sit and look at it for a VERY long time… get used to it… and make MANY more, so some might become things other than just an open bundle, and some might be naked as they are.

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  3. Valerianna Avatar
    Valerianna

    Oh and by the way, its amazing!

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  4. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    Naked
    YES. that’s the word. Naked. Cloth, tin, walnuts, water, SUN. Naked.

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  5. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    I know how you feel Grace. If my dyework came out so glorious…well, then I wouldn’t know what to DO with it! How to Not cover those thrilling markings? I like Jude’s idea of looking for a while because it’s good to remember that we don’t have to Jump into anything.
    I love how this came to be right after our meteor shower, for that is what it reminds me of!

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  6. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    Oh, Oh …and right under the center ‘burst’ I just now saw an eye & 1/2 and a beak, perhaps a raven. Tra la la…so cool!

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  7. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    if that’s one thing i’m good at, it’s Looking. for
    loooong whiles.

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  8. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    Tra la…………………

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  9. deb Avatar
    deb

    I would want to see the dye doing it’s thing without the (temporary) distraction of the creases..IF I knew that a hot iron would not change the colors, I would iron it face down with a press cloth too.
    but that’s just me

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  10. lynda merry Avatar
    lynda merry

    The color is beautiful – so earthy like the rest of your dyed cloth
    Exactly what I would want for the robe I’m working on.
    And I agree – looking for awhile.
    Right now, I see a sunflower
    But it will reveal its’ purpose and place with time.

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  11. Jennie Avatar
    Jennie

    love it as it is; to me the wrinkles are part of the deal

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  12. ali Avatar
    ali

    I would hang it over my bed and sleep under it — maybe for a night, maybe for many. It’s truly ethereal, it conjures a sense of the divine.

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  13. Deb G Avatar
    Deb G

    Leave it until something else felt right. Eventually I probably would do something with it but it would have to “feel” right.

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  14. saskia Avatar
    saskia

    oh I know what you mean when a dye turns out whole, like a new born, I mean you cannot improve….just keep looking and then maybe one day, or maybe never, As Is

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  15. Mo Crow Avatar
    Mo Crow

    I would sit with it and find an old album called 461 Ocean Boulevard and listen to “Let it Grow” for awhile…

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  16. Stacie Avatar
    Stacie

    Oh, what a fantastic result from your dye. I would hang it to watch and spend time with, no pressure to add or change.
    Definitely make many more with that technique etc. When it’s ready, or you are, then it will tell you what or where to go with it.

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  17. Cristina Ortega Avatar
    Cristina Ortega

    Grace! this looks like something needing a journey to the VLA…
    hold it up high and let it wave in the wind to communicate with
    “those” up above.
    cristina

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  18. Linda Avatar
    Linda

    it’s like the cover of a science fiction book i would love to read..from afar there is a person under the big sunflower.. or eye.
    i think it could be the center of a magic diary cloth. jude would just keep adding things around it and embellish it with tons of stitch.
    i love it. i also have a piece that i dyed in an acorn pot. it is like this.. not sure what to do…. so doing nothing for now.
    love

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  19. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    temporary…ahh, my dearest and most loved Deb…nope.
    the distraction of creases will continue. I LOVE creases.
    and Praise Be, that you iron.
    your cloth today (Sunday) lives in a way that none other
    does. So…PRESS away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    here, it’s crease world…………..

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  20. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    it COULD be a sunflower…but nope.
    I thought it was a goat’s eye, but nope.
    OR
    MAYBE IT’S BOTH?????????????????????

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  21. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    WRINKLES. bless-ed wrinkles

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  22. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    many nights

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  23. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    eventually. what a very very good word.

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  24. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    whole and in and of itself. yes. like a newborn.

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  25. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    am sitting

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  26. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    it’s been on the Wall, on the door window alone, on the
    door window pinned to the onion skin curtain, on the other
    curtain, back on the wall…..
    THANK YOU FOR COMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  27. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    cRISTINA….did you have that STORM last night?????am
    thinking not…that it was here, for this ribbon of
    weather down south of you????
    IT WAS MAGNIFICANT!!!!! great FEAR! GREAT MAGNIFICANT FEAR!
    the Very Large Array….maybe i need to take it on a
    journey there???????
    i love that you said this……….
    thank you….thank you~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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  28. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    last night and today FEEL like science fiction
    oh…the acorn pot…will go look to see if you have put
    pics….
    i love you

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  29. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    So are mine honey, so are mine!
    Sorry- couldn’t resist the easy joke!

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  30. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    This is why I love blogland so much…I had never heard of the VLA, now that I’ve taken the YouTube self-guided walking tour of the place…I can see you there Grace-wearing this as a cape!

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  31. Margo Avatar
    Margo

    Grace, it is lovely as it is, and I agree with the others, put it up, look at it make it some companions. By the way how did you come to the natural dying, class…book? I’m intrigued, and surrounded by all sorts of goodies that would probably be fun to use, but no idea how to begin. Ideas, please?

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  32. lynda merry Avatar
    lynda merry

    Or maybe neither
    You’ll know…

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  33. judy martin Avatar
    judy martin

    Jude has great advice as usual.
    Hang it somewhere where you can live with it. I like to hang new work, or work in progress, where I can see it first thing when I wake up. I’m smarter then and things come to me.
    xx

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  34. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    Nancy…it is a really wordless place, in person.
    How great you found it on Utube. i’ll go look myself!

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  35. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    Margo…first just from post to post of Jude’s and then
    getting both of India Flint’s books
    Eco Colour and Second Skin
    but for me really, i have just plopped stuff in pots and
    let them sit in the sun. i am too “cheap” to use up
    propane heating on stove. i could heat outside, i guess,
    maybe to lazy for that. so, plopping into pots and water.
    and the pots themselves act as mordants…copper, caste iron, aluminum. as far as i know, there isn’t a lot to
    work with around here. Where you are, i would guess might be more?
    and just to say, if you ever find yourself down I~25 near
    Socorro, let me know and it would be good to talk, look.
    grace.porvida@gmail.com.

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  36. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    Judy…thank you AGAIN for coming…
    i guess what i was really trying to address is that
    these spontaneous works of ART of the dye pot are so
    difficult for me imagining changing them at ALL. Adding
    anything at ALL seems almost sacriligeous (sp) Like,
    WHY??????

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  37. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    I just Googled VLA and started exploring!

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  38. Electrician Brisbane Avatar
    Electrician Brisbane

    So lovely. It’s really creative. And you just have to admire the thought that was put into this one. Good job!

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  39. dee Avatar
    dee

    I might quilt it to a super soft backing and then hang it back up. Consider it the center of something to come.

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  40. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    Hi, EB…Thank You but it just created itself…that’s
    the thing…i can take NO credit at all!
    THANK YOU for coming here…are you in Jude’s class??

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  41. dee Avatar
    dee

    a couple of my comments didn’t ‘take’ – hope it’s because of operator error – it’s usually because of operator error!
    The other comment I’m kind glad didn’t make it, b/c it was a little too worshippy – know that I come here to be refreshed and without fail, am. That is enough to say!
    As for this wonderful piece, my inclination would be to quilt it to something very soft (and slightly bigger than this cloth), taking time to accentuate the central form, then hang it back up and see what wanted to come next. I see it in the middle of something.

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  42. dee Avatar
    dee

    and now, there is my former comment – which was NOT there when I read a moment ago – why?!~! she asked. Why?!!

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  43. grace Forrest~Maestas Avatar
    grace Forrest~Maestas

    always look at the bottom…the blue letters: more comments below??? could that be it?…or…as in the
    comment box not working on the new post, could just be
    TypePad glitchiness…but they are entitled. it’s amazing to me that these blogs work as well as they do, really.
    what my dilemma really is with this kind of dyeing, is that
    it just is SO WHAT IT IS IN IT’S ENTIRETY as is. just as
    is. Why would i ever want to change it?.
    and about the exchanges that go on here; it’s funny…
    and you could ask my kids, all my life i have verbalized
    wondering, thinking, talking. again..did that for a
    living for many years. i’m just so used to it. and am
    not shy and really, don’t worry what anyone else thinks.
    my guess is that some of the way i do this blog might
    put some people off. that the way i have chosen to live might put some people off. That’s ok. This is just how
    it’s all going and it helps me to see it clearly by talking about it. i am just so happy, HAPPY that it seems to make sense to you and others. this is such a great
    great thing to me. xo

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  44. Robyn Ayaz Avatar
    Robyn Ayaz

    Grace, this has come out fantastically! Waiting is good advice and it is quite glorious, so waiting is a feast for your eyes anyway. I could imagine a little extra something but it is so miraculous it is going to speak to you.

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