Remember last week, when I wrote about my friend Kenya, and the natural ink she was experimenting with? Well, she tweaked her recipe a bit (a lot), and brought me two jars of the most beautiful, delicious-smelling cochineal ink. She said something about clove oil preserving the ink, so the ink did smell a bit […]
This is my friend Kenya. Kenya makes beautiful textiles using natural dyes, having studied the craft in Ghana and Oaxaca, Mexico. We met through the craft show/Instagram/mutual friend circuit (those of you who are artists know how that happens). Over coffee one day, Kenya mentioned that we could make printmaking ink out of natural dye.
Week 36: Two-color block print on cotton muslin. Have you ever created something that you swear you’ve seen somewhere else before? I was convinced that this print was unintentionally cribbed from an Alexander Girard for Herman Miller fabric, but I can’t find anything similar. It does look a bit like the Herman Miller logo, though.
Week 35: Two-color block print on linen. I went on my first real vacation (i.e. one that does not involve visiting family) in three years last week. I booked it on a Tuesday, left that Friday morning, and came back the following Wednesday morning. And I discovered that, while I’m terrible about taking vacations, I’m