wing dress number 2
to have them steam set
yes, that's right, believe it or not,
(i can't)
i had been working on the thing
all this time!!!
below:
feathers all painted in, using acid-type dye
laid out flat before the dispatch
one "bad"
steam setting is done
while holding the fabric airborne,
by pinching corners of the work cut in rectangular
as in hammock-trampoline
they be steamed but must not touch dew drops
delicate business, isn't it?
below:
hey, someone cut the fabric in bias!
...and tried to bring back the lost corner
also
i stitch-marked the shape of the pattern
life may be easier this way
what's different from the wing dress #1 is that
i am not planning to touch up after the dye is set
so
some shadows are painted as dark as it can get
you can see the difference by referring to this past post
the "fade into white" look, although i'm very fond of,
that i experimented on wd1 is no more
with this version, all the feathers are well-defined
following:
several pics of details
stitching giving them a slightly decadent touch
you can find more photos on
my flickr set
thanks for your visit---
4 comments:
amazing fabric!
Thank you so much ;^]
Awesome, I may even prefer the darker look. Finally also watched the video :-)
Thank you so much for showing us your process, I was helping out at a design workshop last weekend and actually did some screenprinting on fabric.So I felt I got a tiny glimpse of what you are doing there;-)
Thanks Jo for keeping up with this long and winding process!
The dye is now set and turned into very nice blueish black, part very dark. I think local crows will come have a peek once I begin stitching them together ;^J
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