Kelp Wrap
Continuing with the ocean theme is this wrap that I have been calling kelp, which is still in process. I thought I would share it since it is another experimental piece. In the cover picture, the kelp wrap has been wound on the pole a second time very tightly, by leaving in the first pleating. It is to be lightly discharged and then overdyed an intense ocean color blue. This is my hope anyways. It has yet to be accomplished. The first time I did this process was without
Ocean Theme
I suddenly find that my summer tropical theme has turned to the ocean for its inspiration. This piece is a two color pocket sculpture that looks to me like a tide pool creature or some sort of ocean flower. It facinates me how the color changes when layered on top of another. It started out pink, from left overs of a carmine red dye bath, and so as not to waste it, I made this little ocean gem and then I dyed it espresso bean brown. What I got was an unimaginably beaut