EXPERIMENTS
Materials and colors
Exploring metals, their shapes, and prints they are leaving on textiles.
Including different materials of textile - wool, linen, and cotton in different thicknesses to see which one works in the best way.
Dyeing with natural dyes - black tea and blueberry dye.
Exploring how to control design by controlling metal pieces.
Rusty water and paint
Rusty water is made by putting metal pieces in the jar and covering them with water mixed with vinegar.
Using rusty water to paint, exploring possibilities, shapes, and changes it makes on dyed textile.
Making a rusty paint with gelatin and trying rusted stamps on textile.
Pins and staples
Using pins and staples to get more control over design and to make more complex patterns.
Including textiles with different patterns and colors.
Wire
Using copper wire to get a green color and to control the design and shapes of textiles.
Large pieces
Making textiles in larger scales that are including knowledge acquired from explorations from above.