New Work

These are two pieces of linen I recently dyed and painted. The first was ecoprinted using brown onion skins and then painted with black pigment in a soy milk binder.



The second piece was ecoprinted using liquid amber leaves and then dyed with eucalyptus leaves, bound with bulldog clips.



I'm going to start putting these and other pieces together into finished work pretty soon.

Mordanting

Here's the boring part -- mordanting the linen and waiting for it to dry. I'm mordanting in alternating dips of soy milk and baking soda. The soy milk is because the plant dyes bond with protein molecules, and the baking soda is because they adhere better in an alkaline environment.



I'm doing several dips each of soy milk and baking soda, so it takes quite a long time just to prepare the fabric before dyeing.

Minature Paintings

When I was painting the other day, I did a few miniatures. These are just a little larger than a business card -- 2.5" x 3.5". Acrylic latex on canvas.

Mt. St. Mary's College Show

Here's how my piece looks in the Mt. St. Mary's College "Insight/Inside LA" show.



It's a very large show, and they did a nice job hanging it. You can see the show through April 4th.