Category Archive: schematics

02 Apr

Swatch dyeing for new book project

Swatch dyeing for new book project

Some colour swatches I have been dyeing which will illustrate a poem called “Beachy Head” by Charlotte Turner Smith. Still need a lot more green …

 
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17 Nov

Books on Show at Brighton University

Books on Show at Brighton University

A display of sample books “Localising a Colour Palette”

 
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27 Jul

Log books

Log books

Some attempts at extracting colour from the inner bark of trees   Large sycamore log wrapped with Fabriano and dipped in water for a week or two …

 
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26 Jul

Mini Sample Books

Mini Sample Books

 
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15 Jun

Log Book : Elm Bark

Log Book : Elm Bark

A small sample book of paper dyed with elm bark   Curiously, two weeks later dyed another elm bark book and got shades of pink – possibly …

 
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12 Jun

Log book 1

Log book 1

All the papers from the cutch and rhubarb root dye pots sewn in to one block

 
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19 Apr

Buckthorn colour chart

Buckthorn colour chart

 
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05 Apr

helix

helix

 
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29 Mar

barcode

barcode

 
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23 Mar

seepage

seepage

 

 
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