Thursday, July 23, 2015

Art retreat on Martha's Vineyard

A self-directed Art retreat sounds better than babysitting my daughter's dog for a few days! I packed up the car with my dog Leo and lots of dyeing supplies and headed to Martha's Vineyard for a week.  Spent some time with the grandkids before they headed off to a weekend family reunion in Minnesota.

Playing with your toes is serious business

Here's a pile of fabric I washed out today

I did some ice dyeing in the 95 degree heat over the weekend--


And some sun printing using seaweed

This was my view from the deck where I was working

Very inspirational

I had a great time, now to get some sewing done!
Linking up with Off The Wall Friday  today, haven't done that in a long time!



8 comments:

  1. I'm jealous - wish I was there! looks fabulous, especially the seaweed printing.

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    1. Janis, I brought back a ziplock bag with some seaweed in it, I thought it was so fun to use. The salt in it helped make great prints!

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  2. What a great idea to use seaweed where the salt augments the effects of sun dyeing, really looking forward to seeing the finished fabrics

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    1. Hi Teri, I didn't get many prints done before the seaweed started to smell really bad and I had to throw it out! But I did get a few good ones.

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  3. Now that's about as good as it gets! Awesome does not describe.

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    1. It was my first "vacation" there since around 2008, definitely time well spent!

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  4. Such fun! The sun printed fabric would make a great seascape!

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  5. What great fabric you have created for art to come.
    The salty seaweed mask is a double creative tool.
    lovely garden to dream and work in!

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