tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146638412348253734.post3552527315283232647..comments2023-10-20T05:02:51.219-07:00Comments on ahipara girl: To dye for ... a workshop with India FlintAhipara Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08379542516074480446noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146638412348253734.post-58550791999043915802008-02-27T10:29:00.000-08:002008-02-27T10:29:00.000-08:00I'm thoroughly enjoying the "novel" like posts. I ...I'm thoroughly enjoying the "novel" like posts. I havn't gone into fabric staining but I like to make natural marks on the wood that I carve using rust, plant, clay and tea stains. Its something that just came to me. I'm not sure if anyone else does this sort of thing. I just wanted the wood to look as if it had been lying buried beneath earth or decaying vegetation. I love that unearthed look.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146638412348253734.post-66113739179234989062008-02-04T04:02:00.000-08:002008-02-04T04:02:00.000-08:00me again...the reason the sample said "deb's silk"...me again...the reason the sample said "deb's silk" is because there is a history...Debbie Leung (who was in the Aotearoa Feltmasters class of 2007) kindly sent her fellow students (and, I might add, the tutor) some delightful buttery silk, after she had gone back home...Lyn had labelled the sample accordingly. it really is delicious stuff and as you can see dyes beautifully.<BR/><BR/>keep up the blogging me precious...it's giving me great pleasure!<BR/>xxindiaindia flinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01510066677833871579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146638412348253734.post-76317223987908295932008-02-03T11:27:00.000-08:002008-02-03T11:27:00.000-08:00Wow, speccy pix. you go, girl! Actually that pink ...Wow, speccy pix. you go, girl! Actually that pink sample is Lyn’s (bougainvillea flowers, as I recall)<BR/>And the word for the plant is ‘epiphyte’, not really its name, more a descriptor for what it does (live on other hosts but without killing them, unlike a parasite).<BR/>Mostly we collected windfalls (only way to collect something not fully identified), heaps of identified weeds, and eucalypts (introduced plant)<BR/>.and about the bread.<BR/>If rye grains go mouldy they generate a psychotropic chemical which can make you hallucinate and send you nuts. Only natural antidote is dairy product, which, I guess, is why Latvian cooking (loaded with rye) is also loaded with generous amounts of milk, butter and cream<BR/>blessings<BR/>indiaindia flinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01510066677833871579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146638412348253734.post-77904910463748976022008-02-03T06:54:00.000-08:002008-02-03T06:54:00.000-08:00Hi Thank you for your wonderful enthusiastic repor...Hi Thank you for your wonderful enthusiastic report of your workshop with india Flint. It sounds wonderful and your samples are very interesting. HelenHelenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05597640040480685246noreply@blogger.com