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Ancient Craft for the Present Mind: February 2012
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The Process Fiber and clay artist Bonnie L Bowman shares tips, techniques and a look inside her workshops and classes. Friday, February 3, 2012. I really need the sun to come out and dry this freshly dyed reed for tomorrrow's workshop at Dunedin Fine Arts Center. And this is how I dye basket reed:. Old clothes and apron,. Dust mask plastic bucket,. Utensils for mixing that are only used for dying. Loosen the ties on the reed. Dissolve 2-4 tablespoons of dye powder in a small amount of water. Mix. I have ...
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Ancient Craft for the Present Mind: November 2011
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The Process Fiber and clay artist Bonnie L Bowman shares tips, techniques and a look inside her workshops and classes. Monday, November 21, 2011. This technique of dying fabric yields most spectacular results, yet it is so simple and there is very little labor invested. The hard part is waiting to see the magic! Ice dyed cotton sheeting. Silk, wool, cotton, linen or any other natural cellulose or protein (animal) fabric. A supply of two. Or more colors of procion fiber reactive dyes. Up some type of.
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Ancient Craft for the Present Mind: Pecan Season...a Florida Dyer's Favorite Time of Year!
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The Process Fiber and clay artist Bonnie L Bowman shares tips, techniques and a look inside her workshops and classes. Tuesday, August 20, 2013. Pecan Season.a Florida Dyer's Favorite Time of Year! Here is some silk I dyed last year. This silk scarf I dyed with. Green pecan hulls tied with bits tradescatia leaves, onionskins pennies and steamed, then simmered in acochineal solution. Detail of above silk scarf. Green pecan hulls, with pennies solar heated with an iron post mordant. Class and Show Schedule.
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Ancient Craft for the Present Mind: June 2012
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The Process Fiber and clay artist Bonnie L Bowman shares tips, techniques and a look inside her workshops and classes. Friday, June 8, 2012. I started with a white cotton blouse from a thrift shop that cost 59 cents. I used a glass jar to heat with alum mordant for several days in the sun. Then did the same with a tannic acid mordant derived from pomegranate skins. The photo does not show this well, but the areas around the pennies turned several shades of green to chartreuse. I got this blue from. Natur...
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Ancient Craft for the Present Mind: August 2013
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The Process Fiber and clay artist Bonnie L Bowman shares tips, techniques and a look inside her workshops and classes. Tuesday, August 20, 2013. Pecan Season.a Florida Dyer's Favorite Time of Year! Here is some silk I dyed last year. This silk scarf I dyed with. Green pecan hulls tied with bits tradescatia leaves, onionskins pennies and steamed, then simmered in acochineal solution. Detail of above silk scarf. Green pecan hulls, with pennies solar heated with an iron post mordant. Tuesday, August 13, 2013.
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Ancient Craft for the Present Mind: September 2011
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The Process Fiber and clay artist Bonnie L Bowman shares tips, techniques and a look inside her workshops and classes. Saturday, September 17, 2011. Creating Artcloth at Dunedin Fine Arts Center. In this class we learn and explore numerous processes ofsurface design on textiles. We then layer these processes on a piece of cloth to create a. Rich, complex, and inimitable work of textile art. The following is a summary of some of the techniques we explored in summer and fall I classes. And of course Batik!
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Ancient Craft for the Present Mind: Basketry
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The Process Fiber and clay artist Bonnie L Bowman shares tips, techniques and a look inside her workshops and classes. Sunday, August 4, 2013. Some pictures of past workshops. My next classes will be held at the Dunedin Fine Art Center on Feb 22 and April 5 2014. Here's the link if you would like to join us! Posted by Bonnie L Bowman. Class and Show Schedule. Pecan Season.a Florida Dyers Favorite Time of Y. Designing Textiles with Natures Palette. Dunedin Fine Arts Center. Shop My Etsy Store.