I am finally back to the blue. After a bit of interruption I have been able to revive my vats. Even through I was not that active in class, I gained a lot of new knowledge from Glennis. Especially the nature of different vats. I am playing around with an idea that captures steps in a process. I think because that is the part of indigo dyeing that intrigues me the most. The changes that you can watch. This has moved my mind into another mode perhaps. Isolating parts of a process as designs in their own right. I tried dyeing and redyeing just a section of a tied piece. Concentrating on just a section. And I like the partial ring effect.
And then I dyed a folded and clamped linen that was soaked in water quickly after clamping. After opening I noticed some dry areas (the light colored spots) and quickly outlined them with permanent pen. Just to save the moment. Just because it seemed an interesting thing to do. To record. And it is a kind of nine lives patch. Stages of something. A story in sections. Some kind of natural order of moments caught. When it dries, the shape will remain as evidence. A time keeper.
