Liz Plummer

Liz Plummer is a fiber and quilt artist living in South Wales in the UK, and she has been experimenting with creating color and patterns on silk using rust.

Here is Liz's explanation of how she got started with rust dyeing:

"I started it really as a result of a discussion on the Quiltart list, when I realized that I had some bottles of vinegar left from an abortive attempt at using 'real' nappies when the kids were babies! And my husband was away so I could snaffle some of his rusty tools without him knowing!! So accidental, really... And soaking stuff in vinegar is so much easier than all that hassle with soda ash or mordants."

These are two of Liz's recent rust pieces on silk:

This is a quilt she created from a rust piece:



And a closeup of the quilt:

This is one of the tools that Liz uses to rust her fabrics -- a rusty bucket:

She wraps fabric around the bucket, or other rusty tools, and lets the rust transfer onto the fabric.

You can see more of Liz's rust and quilt work on her blog and her website.