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.
Beautiful, soft, gentle shades of honey-yellow which shifted to greens after being in the paru.
We used the same cotton fabrics as the other dyebaths of this seasons explorations.
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
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
*Tawa Beilschmedia tawa www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/beilschmiedia-tawa/
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