I often have several projects on the go. These are some images of what has been happening lately in the studio. All images are from 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Geese flying north, marigold and goldenrod, lichens and trees, geese flying east. All rug hooked naturally dyed fabrics.
Umbilicaria lichens and Sumac gradient rug hooked 6"x6"block in the frame.
Logwood and sumac.
Mini block studies and small rug hooked pieces using naturally dyed wool, cotton and linen.
Attic Bedroom rug off the frame, finishing and hemming are yet to be completed.
Attic bedroom hooked rug in progress.
Natural dye tests with marigold, logwood and quebracho.
Natural dye recipe development. These pieces were dyed with the Kashish process that I learned in India.
100 Quilt block drawings.
Drawings of quilt blocks. These are small studies that may be used for rug hooking or printing projects in the future.
Rug hooked quilt block sampler.
Indigo dyed scarves, clamped and tied with shibori techniques.
Indigo dyed scarf before unfolding.
Indigo dyed scarf before unfolding.
Naturally dyed colour palette hooked rug in progress. Arranging 30 colours.
Hooked rug pattern development.
Hooking the naturally dyed colour samples.
Hooked rug sampler. 30 combinations of natural dyes and mordants dyed on samples of cotton, linen, wool and silk.
Detail of naturally dyed hooked rug sampler.
Dyed wool for rug hooked quilt block samples.
Flying geese hooked rug block 12" x 12"
Crazy quilt hooked rug block 12" x 12"