From the Inside Out: June 2014

Monday, June 16, 2014

Don't miss out!

Only 5 spaces left in the Rio Wrenn workshop:

Dyeing and Printing with Rust and Tannins.

Write to Pat for a workshop packet now at

shiborirust[at]yahoo[dot]com

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Greetings everyone on this fine Sunday afternoon. It could be your lucky day. We've had two cancellations in Fabienne's workshop. I've run through the wait list and none of those people can make it. So we are advertising again. Visit this link for information on her workshop:

From the Inside Out - Eco-Prints and Memory Cloth 1

with Fabienne Rey

September 19, 20, 21, 2014 – 10 am to 5 pm each day

Email your contact info to Pat at:

shiborirust[at]yahoo[dot]com

The Inside Scoop

From the Inside Out will have many interpretations as each artist brings her own ideas into this overarching theme; e.g. Rio, has a new body of rust print work, Core, that involves imagery evoking the core of the earth, or the core of the inner self. Elizabeth's handmade paper constructions attempt to capture the essence and remnants of the 19th century tin mines and china clay pits as seen still today from the air, through the earth and across the moors.

From the Inside Out also describes how eco printing and rusting processes work. Pat’s shibori rust fabrics are pipe wrapped, with string being the last item added. The rust prints outward from the surface of the pipe up through multiple layers of silk over a period of time. Similar things happen with eco dyeing as leaves and flowers, etc. are buried deep inside tightly folded bundles; or shibori stitched into felt, then steamed or simmered and finally cured for a few weeks before opening as Irit does. Irit's bark texture felt is an homage to the transplanted eucalyptus trees that have put their roots deep into the soil of Israel. The imagery is buried and waiting, like Fabienne’s memories and emotions, to bubble to the surface.

"I must confess: it’s an incurable virus. And I love to spread it. There is nothing more exhilarating to me than opening a bundle and letting myself be surprised by the result. It’s a gift to my heart or shall I say, to my inner child. It feeds me. It gives me joy. I’m first a colorist. I’ve tried many years to paint abstract textures like this, but I could not. In this dialogue with Nature, I get sometimes results beyond anything I could have dreamt of painting. By letting go of the illusion of control, more is realized. There is wisdom in that, to be applied to other areas of my life." ~Fabienne

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