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A busy start to the year, with a print workshop and dye pot for safflower.
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Safflower petals are soaked and the ph level adjusted at different stages of the process.
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safflower pink
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Whisking dye extract into gum tragacanth to make a paste suitable for various print processes.
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Using the dye paste for screen printing yielded some great results
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The dye paste could be used for block printing
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or painted on to fiber or fabric
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We tried to come up with a great title for our exhibition in May
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We will be exhibiting in here…..
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and here.
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Jenny brought her camera to document (other) Jenny’s textile collection and filmed a group portrait.
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My first screen print with the tragacanth dyes