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Woven katazome

Today I wove up the katazome-d warps.  They still need a final round of dyeing, but here is what they look like now:

white square on a fuchsia-to-blue color gradient, lime green weft
white square on a fuchsia-to-blue color gradient, lime green weft
network drafted pattern, triadic secondary color scheme
network drafted pattern, triadic secondary color scheme
goose eye twill
goose eye twill
pinwheels on plain weave - Handwoven.net 8309
pinwheels on plain weave – Handwoven.net 8309
24 shaft crepe, from Alice Schlein's A Crepe is Not Just a Pancake
24 shaft crepe, from Alice Schlein’s A Crepe is Not Just a Pancake
2-2 twill
2-2 twill
high contrast diagonals - Handweaving.net 8369
high contrast diagonals – Handweaving.net 8369

These are nowhere near done.  Tomorrow I will mix up some acid dyes and paint on dyes in appropriate places.  I’m not going to use stencils because the length of the motifs isn’t precise – I’d have to cut a new stencil for each sample!  Instead, I’m going to thicken the dyes and paint them on.  Once that’s done and “set” in the steamer, I’ll go back with a fine paint brush and fabric paint, and paint in details.  “Labor-intensive” doesn’t even begin to cover this! but hopefully the results will be worth it.

I can’t wait to see this finished!!  Despite the blurred imagery and technical problems, I think this process has a LOT of potential.

Comments

    • No! I had not seen it, and you’re right – it’s amazing. And in the same direction, just infinitely more complex! Thank you for sharing it.

  2. These are wonderful! I’m planning to try katazome, but the idea of doing a warp hadn’t occurred to me – it certainly does have great potential. Just love your samples.

  5. Actually I wove them all on the same threading (and didn’t need to rethread) – a 24-shaft straight draw. Amazing what you can do with that threading!

    And it was only six feet long, which made it a breeze to weave off in a single day (even working)!