perhaps not THE great lakes 
perhaps not even great 
but definitely lakes
albeit pigment lakes 

it’s nice to be able to make our own pigments from the left over dyebaths 

so far this year we have yellow brown, brown brown & poo brown …
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keep reminding myself 
it’s about the process 
not the outcome 😆

Anei anō he rā
i heard this today 
& it's true
another day, another outlook, another chance

These fabrics & muka pieces are from the Tawa* leaf dye-bath we made in March 2021.
​We used the same cotton fabrics as the other dyebaths of this seasons explorations.
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​Beautiful, soft, gentle shades of honey-yellow which shifted to greens after being in the paru.

. . . . and then of course there was a piece of silk that went in, ha - couldn't resist !

& now that it's May & i {think} know it's time to stop.

I thought i would stop a couple of weeks ago but then we gathered more Hīnau leaves & paru to do one final thing . . .  and then i couldn't bear the thought of wasting the dyebath nor the paru & now its May 9th, it's cold, it's raining & my heart (& hands) are asking why ?! Why did you keep going ?!

I'll tell you about the 'final thing' in another post - right now I need a cuppa 

mā te wā
​xxx