Garden Series: Green
- Title
- Garden Series: Green
- Date
- 2019
- Dimensions
- 35” x 56”
- Media
- Handwoven textile utilizing cotton and linen yarns. The fabric incorporates woven shibori resist.
Individual panels were dyed first with indigo to a medium shade of blue. The textiles were then mordanted and dyed with a yellow dye, sourced from the artist’s garden. The yellow dyes selected include:
- Indigo + Chinese Skullcap root (Scutellaria baicalensis)
- Indigo + Dock root (Rumex crispus)
- Indigo + Dyer’s Broom (leaves) (Genista tinctoria)
- Indigo + Goldenrod (flowers) (Solidago Sp.)
- Indigo + Marigold (flowers) (Tagetes Sp.)
- Indigo + Rhubarb root (Rheum palmatum)
- Indigo + Weld (leaves and flowers) (Reseda luteola)