Category Archives: Fabric printing

Day of the Dead

Posted on September 13, 2015 by Nancy

http://www.upatreearts.org/ Preparing for Day of the Dead with Upatree Arts at Mt Nebo, preparing and creating images on the screens ready for a day of printing.

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silk scarves

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Nancy

Making silk scarves, some work in progress, for Catwalk Botanique event, Friends of Mt Cootha Botanical Gardens.

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into the blue

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Nancy

Indigo: complicated and unpredictable, irresistable shades of blue. Making new from old with my indigo pot, with bizarre transformations from green to blue. Shibori: the art of clamping, pleating, transforming and twisting fabric to create and repeat pattern. http://rawart.com.au/product/shibori-indigo-pot

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Shifting

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Nancy

It’s Ekka time again, I have made some shifts for the Botanical fashion parade,  my contribution to the slow fashion movement, a small and growing sewing machine led rebellion to the globalisation of fashion. A response to questions that are … Continue reading →

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upcycling: wearable art

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Nancy

Photos from a School visit with Flying Arts: creating new from old, exploring ways of printing pattern onto fabric.

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Alchemy and pattern around the Hills

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Nancy

On my line from today’s workshop, Shibori folded, clamped twisted and sewn. I found some triangles, circles and squares to clamp onto the cloth at Reverse Garbage, http://www.reversegarbage.com.au/ We created some very geometric pieces of indigo dyed cloth, with the … Continue reading →

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without walls

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Nancy

The little artists took their guests to their opening at the Exhibition Centre. Along with their individual pieces that I framed, I had hemmed the long cloths that we had printed. When I first arrived at the preschool in March … Continue reading →

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Back to Coochie

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Nancy

The 8.30 ferry from Victoria Point took us across to the little island . I had brought along some silk, and I wanted to print some treasures from Coochie onto it. The group were busy preparing for their annual exhibition, … Continue reading →

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Rusty Roo Artist retreat

Posted on May 10, 2015 by Nancy

A weekend at Rusty Roo artist retreat collecting leaves for printing onto scarves. I was very happy to see how well the leaves from the property printed onto the material. Brewing the pots on a fire that Cameron built for … Continue reading →

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when things don’t go as planned

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Nancy

Occasionally when things don’t go as planned I discover some interesting things. I’ve learned to follow these misadventures, and see what happens. My ink was too thick, and too dry for screenprinting, so everything had haloes, then I became interested … Continue reading →

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