thickened dye freshly applied to flour paste resist

One more post before I hit the road for Costa Rica at o’ dark thirty in the morning.

I dyed one last batch of fabrics (8 pieces) using flour paste resist. I did textured rayon, raw silk, pimatex cotton, crepe de chine silk, and a textured linen/silk doubleweave that I love. The flour is such a mess and such a lot of work to wash out but it’s worth it. There’s nothing else that is so simple and yet gives such great organic results.

scraping away the flour with a putty knife

I’ll be back early in January to post some vacation photos and continue documenting my work. Cheers to 2013!

washed, dried and ironed