{"id":12426,"date":"2023-03-26T13:55:14","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T20:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=12426"},"modified":"2023-03-26T14:02:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-26T21:02:39","slug":"not-knowing-but-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/2023\/03\/not-knowing-but-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Not knowing, but learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I haven’t felt like blogging for a week. Every day, I say, I’ll post today. Then I don’t. Who knows what that’s about. I’m getting used to not having to find a reason for everything. I’m reluctant to blog about things that I make but that seems to be what’s interesting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m taking a class. Online. It’s time consuming. It’s called Out of This Earth. The teacher is Claire Benn<\/a>. This class is about treating cloth with soy milk and then painting it with pigment paint. The paint is made with pigments and soy milk. I find I’m really embracing this process because of the soy milk and the earthy look of the cloths produced. I can make soy milk with beans I grow and dry myself – although I have bought dry soy beans from the market as well. I could harvest pigments myself too (but I bought those also, for now). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some time ago I treated cloth with soy milk for botanical dyeing. It seemed to work really well, although I didn’t know much about the process. Now I know more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s a few sample cloths. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Underside – threads taking up pigment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Underside – Horizon line.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Using the paint with calligraphy pens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Paint on commercial printed cloth. It was white on white, now the motif pops out. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And I’m stitching triangles and other organic shapes onto squares. While I’m loving the process, I’m not smitten with this layout. I think I might put these with solid colors at some point. Right now, I’m just making them. A few every day. To relieve the blankness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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