I started by sampling on different fabrics - did each colour on a cotton and a silk.
By using Ann Johnston's low immersion dyeing techniques one mixes concentrates first to get the health-threatening Procion from a powder into a safer water-based concentrate. I mixed up 15 - 20 different colours, then started playing with different techniques on paper.
Wendy Klotz demonstrating the proper gear for mixing Procion powders in a dust box.
First layers onto three pieces of paper. One in yellows, one in pinks, one in blues.
I flipped each over so they would be two-sided. On each sheet I would use up to three different shades of that particular colour.
One month of painting later - probably 30 layers on each of the six sides.
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The papers look so rich. What are you going to do with them next?
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