Ice Dying

It's been almost a year since my last post and things are starting to get back to "normal."  I rather embraced staying home and looking after my health and creating in my studio without outside obligations. But also fun to get back out and this summer things kicked off with an in person art retreat ice dying fabric. Thanks so much to our host, Marianne!

The crews all here! Let the fun begin!

Working with caustic materials and powdered dyes 

pour ice on top of the fabric in a pan or rack for the melted ice to drip through, then sprinkle the powdered dye on top

then let all the ice melt and work it's magic

checking if it's ready

aft3er 24 hours they are ready to wash

Success, out of the washer and ready to wear!

Round Robin Art Journal Retreat Weekend

this is how the dining room table looked for 2 days

Once upon a time ( last weekend) 5 women, 2 dogs and a myriad of art supplies, snacks and wine all met up two hours out of town, up in the mountains at the Studio M Annex. It was time to get away from the everyday, to create some art and have a few laughs. And for the camaraderie- most artists work alone, so it's always nice to get together with some other creatives and share ideas.

My background layer

 Here were the rules- we had 30 minutes each to create a background for our journal page or substrate. A 10 minute break then pass to the next person to add to it.

second layer added by Marianne

Next layer was added by Lisa

The 4th artist in the line up was Jaki

and then Nancy got to leave her mark.

These are the other 4 finished pieces-they are all wonderful and they all have our marks.

After our day of "playing" with the art materials we all walked to dinner at the local bar owned by a couple of women from Alaska and had some great fish and chips. Dinner was followed by a brisk walk back and a viewing of one of my favorite movies "Moulin Rouge" followed by "Rock of Ages." Thanks to Marianne for putting this all together and sharing her Studio M Annex with us.