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Cathedral of Sevillehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/moroccantiles.jpgmoroccantilesSketches of painted tile patterns, Bubiónhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/farm.jpgfarmMotorway sketch, Valdepeñashttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_9469.jpgIMG_9469https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/selfiewoman.jpgselfiewomanWoman studying her selfies, Sevillehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/p1020407.jpgP1020407Tiles, Alhambra, Granadahttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/bleakplain.jpgbleakplainhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/zuco.jpgzucohttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/keyhole.jpgkeyholeMetal door plate, Gaucín2016-02-01T00:09:41+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2015/10/20/blue-and-black/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/plate4.jpgplate4Inked plate after first impression. Drawing made from RJ Lloyd Collection of ceramicshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/size.jpgsizeSizing stretched calico with soya milkhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/bbsample.jpgbbsampleStretched and sized Ahimsa (Peace) silk painted with different concentrations of pigment, made as a samplehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ship.jpgship'Ghost print' from my original drawing from the RJ Lloyd Collection of Devon ceramicshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/roll.jpgrollhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/paint.jpgpaintBideford Black and local earth pigment combinedhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/grind.jpggrindGrinding Bideford Blackhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/gri1.jpggri1Masked plate in background ready to roll up with Bideford Black pigmenthttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dried.jpgdriedDried out pastehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/stickypaste.jpgstickypasteIndigo paste2016-03-25T17:49:42+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2015/09/02/agwsd-summer-school-2015/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mj.jpgMJGreat use of free painted dots and wax resisted circleshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/jenny.jpgJennyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_8629.jpgIMG_8629Sampler completehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/htk2.jpgHTK2Related panels after several layershttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/htk.jpgHTKInspired by her sampler, this student made four related panels built in several layershttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/eh.jpgEHFinishing touches on a crêpe de Chine scarfhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ea.jpgEADrying work in the stable yardshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/bl.jpgBLMaking a wax sampler. This student is using a wooden block set with nails to make dotshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ah.jpgAHStudent sampler with dye layershttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/jp.jpgjpA figurative piece2015-09-13T20:08:11+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2015/08/13/thinking-positive/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/structure.jpgstructureThe top pencil scribble shows the skeleton of the designhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/upside2.jpgupside2The dark purple and crimson shapes are created by surrounding wax marks holding in the dyehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/upside.jpgupsideLarge waxed marks create shapes by blocking further applications of dyehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/fritillary2.jpgfritillary2Drawing from image of butterfly: pencil and watercolourhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/fritillary_edited-1.jpgfritillary_edited-1Starting to work out a design in my sketchook. Second from top shows sections cut by a sinuous line. Shapes are either positive or negative either sidehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/bigfritillary-copy.jpgbigfritillary copyThe only image I can find of the 'Fritillary' design. From 19972015-08-15T10:43:52+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/about/contact-2/2015-06-05T20:53:49+00:00weekly0.6https://isabellawhitworth.com/2015/03/13/getting-to-blue/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/indigo.jpgindigohttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/buddhist_edited-1.jpgbuddhist_edited-12017-05-07T16:46:36+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2015/01/23/a-purple-pursuit/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_7235-e1422022978929.jpgIMG_7235Nucella lapillus shells, Somersethttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/oimg_7234.jpgoIMG_7234https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_5054.jpegIMG_5054Orchil on fleecehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_5013.jpegIMG_5013The orchil vat before straining dyestuffhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dscf1642.jpegDSCF1642Lasallia pustulata: an orchil lichenhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/3-roccellagracilis.jpeg3.roccellagracilisRoccella gracilis Bory: orchil lichen imported from South America from 1830s2017-02-11T08:47:22+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2014/12/17/year-ending/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/silks.jpgsilksSilks and wool dyed with various strengths of Indian Madder (and correct mordant)https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_6976.jpgIMG_6976Printed Pantone strip and dyed yarn, showing colours 171 and 172https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/pantone2.jpgpantone2Screenshot showing image and analysis from MyPANTONE app. My choice of three 'typical' hues are at the bottomhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/munjeet.jpgmunjeetYarn dyed with Indian Madder at Carmarthen. Colour has been adjusted via an editing programme2014-12-22T23:05:38+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2014/11/20/a-scottish-post/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ewe.jpgEweOchrolechia tartarea, or the cudbear lichen, on the banks of Loch Ewehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/alexandria.jpgalexandriaWorkers' cottages at Alexandria, Levenside, near old Turkey Red workshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/crotal.jpgcrotalExplanation of 'crotal' from Dwelly's Gaelic dictionary. Note the old name for lungwort 'Stricta pulmonacea'https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/gaeilic1.jpggaeilicExplanation of 'corcur' from Dwelly's Gaelic Dictionaryhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_6483.jpgIMG_6483Visit to Stirling Castle on DHA tour to see the last of the Unicorn tapestry series being wovenhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_6550.jpgIMG_6550The Plaiden Ell at Dornoch. Two metal pegs set apart in the slab created the standard measurement for clothhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/lobaria.jpglobariaLobaria pulmonaria, or lungwort. This lichen is endangered and should not be used for dyeinghttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_6476.jpgIMG_6476https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_6479.jpgIMG_64792014-11-30T19:42:43+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2014/10/08/fit-for-some-kind-of-purpose/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_6094.jpgIMG_6094The cylindrical balehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_6093.jpgIMG_6093The mesh itselfhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_6092.jpgIMG_6092Close-up of bindinghttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_6095.jpgIMG_6095Bales on the moorhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_6275.jpgIMG_62752014-10-09T17:01:15+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2014/08/24/harvesting-japanese-indigo/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo.jpgphotohttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-4-1.jpgphoto 4-1Leaves for compostinghttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo.jpegphotoPassing liquid from bucket to bucket to oxygenatehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-5.jpegphoto 5Leaves are sieved and squeezed outhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-5-1.jpegphoto 5-1Liquid after addition of washing soda and oxygenationhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-4.jpegphoto 4https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-4-1.jpegphoto 4-1https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-3.jpegphoto 3Leaves are crushed in the liquidhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-3-1.jpegphoto 3-1https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-2.jpegphoto 2Bain-marie used to heat leaves in water2014-08-28T11:55:47+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2014/08/06/summer-schools/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/shiboril.jpgshiborilIndigo-dyed loom shiborihttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/gutter.jpggutterFibre-reactive dyes applied to loom shiborihttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf7052.jpegDSCF7052Indigo-dyed loom shiborihttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf7034.jpegDSCF7034Undyed loom shibori being openedhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscf7026.jpgDSCF7026Loom shibori gathered up for dyeinghttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/scarfard.jpgscarfardCochineal and indigohttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ardscarf.jpgardscarfCochineal and indigohttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ard.jpgardSeveral vats on the go2014-08-07T10:41:31+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/historical-dye-studies/leewood/2014-08-06T13:28:59+00:00weekly0.6https://isabellawhitworth.com/techniques/steam-fixed-dyes-for-silk/2020-10-11T19:51:23+00:00weekly0.6https://isabellawhitworth.com/2014/07/04/oddments/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/roclich.jpgroclichOrchil lichen?https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo-5.jpgphoto 5Embroidery, Pont l'Abbéhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo-4.jpgphoto 4Embroidery, Pont l'Abbéhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo-3.jpgphoto 3Embroidery, Pont l'Abbéhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/corks.jpgcorksCorks and netting tools, Audièrnehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo.jpgphoto2014-07-06T19:49:11+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2014/06/09/shibori-caterpillar-to-butterfly/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/photo.jpegphotoForensic surgeryhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/photo-5.jpegphoto-5Detail of tieshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/photo-4.jpegphoto-4Caterpillar to Butterflyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/photo-3.jpegphoto-3Tied and dyedhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/photo-2.jpegphoto-2https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/photo-1.jpegphoto-1Forensic unpickinghttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/shib3.jpgshib3Detail of 'rosettes'https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/shib2.jpgshib2Another colour wayhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/shib1.jpgshib1Multiple 'rosettes'https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dscf6723.jpgDSCF67232014-06-11T11:01:32+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2014/05/19/all-in-the-background/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sun.jpgsunStudent's work, showing colour shift of under-dye from pink to yellow.https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/heron.jpgheronStudent's work showing build up of dye and waxhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo-1-2.jpgphoto 1-2Two frames with first-layer dye plus finished scarfhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo-5.jpgphoto 5Work in progress: second layer dyehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo-4-2.jpgphoto 4-2First layer wax on first layer dyehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo-3-11.jpgphoto 3-1https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo-2-2.jpgphoto 2-2Detail, finished work2014-05-19T14:52:37+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2014/05/08/brilliant-with-pattern/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/egg-ukraine.jpgegg, ukraineResist-dyed egg, Pitt Rivers Museum. Galicia (Poland /Ukraine)https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo-4-1.jpgphoto 4-1View of the Natural History Museum, Oxfordhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo-2-1.jpgphoto 2-1Entrance to Mathematical Institute, Oxfordhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo-1-1.jpgphoto 1-1Penrose tiling, Mathematical Institute, Oxford2014-05-08T21:42:57+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2014/04/14/pysanky-and-a-kystka/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/olga.jpgolgaOlga Kryway using a kystka. State Archives of Florida; photographer Robert L. Stone; 1994https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/photo.jpgphotoCollection of decorated eggs from Bavariahttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/photo-5.jpgphoto 5The kystka sent to me2014-04-30T16:14:54+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2014/03/21/a-foreign-country/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/grave.jpggravehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/chintz.jpgchintzDetail of printed linen furnishing fabrichttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dress.jpgdressDetail of flapper-type dresshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/lamc3a9coat.jpglamécoatBlack, white and gold lamé coathttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/lamc3a9coat2.jpglamécoat2Black, white and gold lamé coathttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/jacket.jpgjacketDetail of silk reversible jacket: I used to wear this in the 60s as an art studenthttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/goldlace.jpggoldlaceDetail of gold lace jackethttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/daymer3.jpgdaymer3Trees at Daymer Bayhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/daymer2.jpgdaymer2Trees at Daymer Bayhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/daymer.jpgdaymerTrees at Daymer Bay2014-04-13T15:29:08+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2014/02/24/follow-up-on-gall-ink/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dark2.jpgdark2Ink, round two, concentrated, and with addition of gum arabichttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/photo-4.jpgphoto 4Galls still soakinghttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/photo-6-e1393253125467.jpgphoto 6Ink, round one, without gum arabichttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/photo.jpgphotoGall ink with gum arabichttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/photo-5.jpgphoto 52014-02-25T19:21:41+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2014/02/07/made-not-manufactured-steve-kenward/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/mg_5484.jpeg_MG_5484https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/izzy2-2.jpgizzy2-2Collage of images © Steve Kenwardhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_5602.jpgIMG_5602Checking beeswax resist © Steve Kenwardhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_5683_168.jpgIMG_5683_168 Studio © Steve Kenwardhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_5631.jpgIMG_5631 Painting beeswax resist © Steve Kenwardhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_5597.jpgIMG_5597Painting beeswax resist © Steve Kenward2014-02-16T21:58:29+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2014/01/30/installations-pasties-and-turkey-red/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/book-e1391102009135.jpgbookColouring the Nationhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/turkey.jpgTurkeyA sample of a Turkey red design?https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/names.jpgnamesSquares and nameshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/jannet.jpgJannetJannet Pricehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/babel1.jpgbabel1Inside spiralhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/babel2.jpgbabel2Outside spiral: spines, sections and stitcheshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/babel3.jpgbabel3Outside spiral: spines, sections and stitches2014-02-07T11:32:54+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2014/01/14/the-journal-and-a-few-bossy-leaves/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/katherine.jpgKatherineAustralian Journey: Leaves at Katherine2014-01-14T20:20:20+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/02/21/changing-knowledge-changing-attitudes-lichen-dyeing/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/sta-clara.jpgSta ClaraBuying usnea lichen in Quito with Paul Gamboa of the Universidad Central del Ecuador2013-12-27T15:02:55+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/12/23/we-three-trees-of-orient-are/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/gfm.jpggfmGold, frankincense and myrrh (the dark grains)2014-01-27T15:15:13+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/12/19/gall-ink/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/drawink.jpgdrawinkhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pourink.jpgpourinkhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/boilink.jpgboilinkhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/filterink-1.jpgfilterink-1https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ink1.jpgink1https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ag-1.jpgag-1https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photo-4.jpgphoto 42013-12-23T15:20:36+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/12/10/its-all-gone-a-bit-rumsfield/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/bush-night1.jpgBush Night1Australian Journey: bush Nighthttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/judbarra.jpgjudbarraAustralian Journey: Judbarra2014-01-31T15:22:20+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/11/20/poly-heading-and-thats-not-funny/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/photo-3.jpgpottery 3Sgraffito detail from Clive Bowen teapothttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/photo-2.jpgpottery2Glaze on Clive Bowen bowlhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/photo-1.jpgpottery sherdSgraffito sherd found in gardenhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/wax5.jpgwax5Australian Journey series: Night: detailhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/wax4.jpgwax4Australian Journey series: Night: detailhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/wax3.jpgwax3Australian Journey series: Night: detailhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/wax2.jpgwax2Australian Journey series: Night: detailhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/wax1.jpgwax1Australian Journey series: Night: detail2013-11-20T14:13:36+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/11/13/some-bits-i-like-shibori-and-wax/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/multi.jpgmultiZig-Zag multicolourhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/despatch.jpgdespatchLabels, lists and work https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/zigzagred.jpgzigzagredZig-Zag redhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/shibori2.jpgshibori2Shibori: clamped resist with steam-fixed dyeshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/shibori1.jpgshibori1Shibori: clamped resist with steam-fixed dyeshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pilbara.jpgpilbaraAustralian Journey: Pilbarahttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/flightred.jpgflightredFlight of Birds: redhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/circus.jpgcircus2013-11-20T17:56:55+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/11/03/head-switching/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/zigzag.jpgzigzagPrototype scarf for the Zig-Zag serieshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/lines.jpglinesFirst lines of wax on white stretched silkhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/linesanddyes.jpglinesanddyesLayer 1 with first set of dyeshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/waxpot.jpgwaxpotA variety of wax application tools. The wax granules are still melting out2013-11-13T16:51:13+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/10/14/french-connections/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/larochelle.jpegLaRochellehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/carnac1.jpegCarnac1Viewpoint over Kerlescan alignmentshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/carnac2.jpegcarnac2One of the Carnac alignmentshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/carnac3.jpegCarnac3Orchil lichen on stone at Carnac 2013-10-14T18:48:32+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/09/29/reasons-to-be-stressful/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/charles-samuel-bedford.jpgCharles Samuel BedfordCharles Samuel Bedfordhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/annie-perkin-nc3a9e-bedford.jpgAnnie Perkin, née BedfordAnnie Perkin, née Bedfordhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/arthur-g-perkin.jpgArthur G. PerkinArthur G Perkin, second son of Sir William Henry Perkin2013-09-30T17:07:35+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/09/17/talking-orchil/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/graveyard-1-e1379437326666.jpeggraveyard-1Canterbury graveyard, 1960s sketchbookhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/orchil-1.jpegorchil-1Once you start an orchil vat it needs regular attentionhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscf3502-1.jpegDSCF3502-1Parmelia saxatilis: a crotal dyehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscf3501-1.jpegDSCF3501-1Parmelia omphalodes: a crotal dyehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscf0418.jpegDSCF0418Orchil dyed silk and wool sampleshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscf0416-1.jpegDSCF0416-1Yarns showing colour affected by vat strength and pHhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscf2653.jpegDSCF2653Lichen dyes on wool. Note the use of Evernia prunastri which can make a soft pinkhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dscf0382.jpegDSCF0382The beauty of fresh orchil on woollen yarn2013-09-17T19:16:50+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/09/05/dyes-history-and-a-chilly-trip-to-yorkshire/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/laura.jpgLauraLaura's Loom display unit, showing her article in the Journalhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/view-from-knowsthorpe.jpgView from KnowsthorpeView of Leeds from Knowsthorpehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/cloths.jpgclothsMadder clothshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/leeds-1824.jpgLeeds 1824A map of Leeds, about 1824https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/mail-attachment.jpegTrunksAbout half the archive in the attic..https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/mail-attachment-8-e1511963378226.jpegOrchil samplesOrchil samples on wool flannel; early 1800shttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/mail-attachment-7.jpegSelbyA works for processing logwood opened in Selby in the early 1900shttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/mail-attachment-6.jpegBriggate, LeedsSomewhere beneath this spot was Bedford's first businesshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/mail-attachment-5.jpegJames Bedford (2)James Bedford (2), 1824 - 1903https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/mail-attachment-4.jpegPhotoFront of works, Kirkstall around, around 19502013-09-18T09:26:42+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/08/23/more-or-less-ethel-and-the-mairet-madder-method/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dryingmadder.jpgdryingmadderGround and crushed madder chipshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/shrinkingheap.jpgshrinkingheapThe heap contracted considerably during dryinghttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/vegdyes.jpgvegdyesMy battered copy of Ethel Mairet's book2013-08-24T15:43:36+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/08/15/post-madder-madder-post-and-a-blue-gorilla/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/turkey-red-extraction-set.jpgTurkey Red extraction setVarious shades of colour achieved during creation of Turkey Redhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/bluegriller.jpgbluegrillerThe blue gorilla: one of a series currently stalking Exeterhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/samples-ss.jpgsamples.ssMy share of the samples made at Summer School2013-08-21T20:53:39+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/08/09/we-have-turkey-red/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/water-tests.jpgwater testsWater tests continuehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/turkey-red1.jpgTurkey Redhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/studiowall.jpgstudiowallSamples and noteshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/mairet.jpgmairetSkeins from the Ethel Mairet recipehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/grindings.jpggrindingsMuslin bags containing boiled madder chipshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/finishing.jpgfinishingFinishing the Turkey Red clothhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/celebration.jpgcelebrationCelebrating Turkey Red with Domaine de la Garancehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/turkey-red.jpgTurkey Red2013-08-09T22:06:58+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/08/08/day-4-and-madder-sorry-about-the-quilts/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/water.jpgwaterList of water sources https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/skeins.jpgskeinsRed skeinshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/reds.jpgredsSome good reds drying in the sunhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/pestle.jpgpestleHand-grinding madder roothttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/markham.jpgMarkhamSamples from Gervaise Markham's 1615 recipehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/froth.jpgfrothFroth on the madder vat: a slight fermentation is taking placehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dyeroom.jpgdyeroomMeasuring, grinding and sieving are part of the dye processhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/centre.jpgcentreSummer School visitors at the Welsh Quilt Centre showing contemporary quilts also on displayhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/grey.jpggreyAntique Welsh quilt, detailhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/redquilt.jpgredquiltAntique Welsh quilt2013-08-08T22:14:07+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/08/06/even-madder-dyeing-summer-school-carmarthen/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/soaking-madder.jpgsoaking madderPans of soaking madder. Foreground shows madder for Jill Goodwin's recipe; background Turkey Red dyehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/grinding.jpggrindingGrinding madder in a liquidiserhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/drying.jpgdryingYarn drying in the college sculpture yardhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/southwestwater.jpgsouthwestwaterYarn dyeing in Devon waterhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/turkeyred1.jpgTurkeyred1Dyed Turkey Red from first and strongest madder solutionhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/working-oil.jpgworking oilWorking the oily emulsion into prepared cotton for Turkey Redhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/analyses.jpganalysesWater and analysis sheetshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/cotton-and-yarns-e1375824790380.jpgcotton and yarnsTurkey Red cotton (background) with various samples of madder-dyed wool and silkhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/checking-data.jpgchecking dataComparing analysis sheets 2013-08-16T07:42:54+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/08/07/madder-wool-and-welsh-quilts/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/crossover1.jpgcrossoverhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/crossover.jpgcrossoverhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/interior.jpginteriorView of mill interiorhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tenter.jpgtenterTenterframe and windhousehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/redpath.jpgredpathYarn samples natural dyed by the Redpathhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/quilt2.jpgquilt2Quilt detail, Welsh Quilt Centrehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/quilt1.jpgquilt1Antique Welsh quilt, detailhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/mule.jpgmuleSpinning mulehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/loom.jpgloomLoom from above showing cloth cut offhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/boiling1.jpgboiling2013-08-08T07:08:36+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/08/05/carmarthen-summer-school-and-turkey-red/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/madder4.jpgmadder4Tutor Debbie Bamford with her stash of sheep poohttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/madder3.jpgmadder3Savon de Marseille used to scour silk fabrichttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/madder2.jpgmadder2Working the cotton cloth into the filtered sheep poo mixturehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/madder1.jpgmadder1Dyeing wool yarn with madder2013-08-06T06:36:11+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/07/29/learning-the-ropes-learning-methods/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/methods1.jpgmethodsLearning methods using coloured string2013-09-18T08:34:20+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/07/20/bb3-teaching-rewards-wax-dye-and-shibori/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ro2.jpgro2Working on a long lengthhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ro.jpgPainting a sampleWorking on a pre-dyed ground using layers of waxhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/studio1.jpgstudio1Tidy, for once2015-11-22T10:01:31+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/07/09/bb2-teaching-dyes-fusion-and-sewing-a-boat/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/morgawr.jpgmorgawrSection of the boat showing sections sewn with yew withieshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/corks.jpgcorksSimple wax tools made from cork, wire and nailshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/moonlight.jpgmoonlighthttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dscf4962.jpegwaxbirdWaxed and dyed silk square https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dscf4952.jpegflower designsStudents' work from flower workshophttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dscf4942.jpegWorkshopWorkshop in progresshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dscf4937.jpegflower shapePainting the flowerhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dscf4922.jpegMdsummerMidsummer moonlight on daisieshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dscf4911.jpegWest Dean FusionTents for Fusion in evening light2013-07-10T09:09:46+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/07/04/bb1-historical-dyeing-at-leewood/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/leewoodjune.jpgDyes on hotplatesJars containing stock solution and pre-mordanted fleecehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dscf4727.jpegjars and dyeThree dyes, three water sourceshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dscf4736.jpegJars, dye, fleeceAddition of pre-mordanted fleecehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dscf4750.jpegDiscussionDiscussion timehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dscf4756.jpegSamplesSamples from four dye sessions. Labelling and storing accurately is vital2013-07-04T13:28:13+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/06/11/shibori-sheep-and-the-power-of-six/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/beesjune.jpgbeesjuneMason bees' nesthttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/shearer.jpgshearerA very careful local shearerhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/blockpattern.jpgblockpatternIndividual equilateral unit with the real block and fabrichttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/shiboriardington.jpgscarfA particularly dramatic scarf which left areas undyedhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/shiboriopening.jpgarranging workStudents greet their steamed scarveshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/shibori2.jpgscarf revealedUnrolling the paper and scarveshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/shiboristeam.jpgopening steamerOpening the steamerhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/hexagons2.jpghexagons2How the patterns build uphttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/hexagons.jpghexagonsFour ways of producing pattern from a triangular fold2013-06-18T10:24:28+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/06/01/dyeing-at-leewood-cochineal/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/coch5.jpgcoch5Acid modified samples using lemon juice or white vinegarhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/coch4.jpgcoch4The 'red' samples were dyed using a sparate water sourcehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/coch3.jpgcoch3The variety of colour on 5 fleeces using two water sources, lemon juice and white vinegarhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/coch2.jpgcoch2Samples around the edge are the first water sourcehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/coch1.jpgcoch1The dye stock solution when samples first entered into the jars2013-06-07T22:35:29+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/05/21/blue-routes-blue-roots/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/gistlworkshop1.jpgGistlworkshophttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/shweshwe.jpgshweshweShweshwe fabric made by Three Catshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/wedding-e1369165735136.jpgweddingA dirndl worn at a wedding. If an apron is knotted at the front, the wearer is unmarriedhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/paper.jpgpaperThe Gistl studio also prints paper, from the famous factory in Gmündhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/gistlworkshop.jpgGistlworkshopLooking down on the print tablehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dscf1982.jpgDSCF1982Sets of screens for printing patternshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dscf1985.jpgPrinting 1The squeegee is pushed firmly across the screenhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dscf1986-1.jpgPrinting 2The squeegee is dragged towards the printer on the left keeping the presure evenhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/indigoaus.jpgAustrian fabricIndigo-dyed linen fabric from Austria seen at Greif store, Rottach-Egernhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/grieff.jpggrieffCommercially printed cottons in traditional-looking patterns from the Greif store in Rottach-Egern 2013-05-23T12:51:36+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/05/12/bees-baskets-beasts-and-the-bulls-eye-rash/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/beast.jpgbeastBeast from Honeychurch, Devonhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/fish.jpgchicken basketChicken basket, or qafas, from the Tihama (Red Sea coastal plain) of Yemenhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/basket.jpgbasketBride's Basket or marguna, from the Siwa Oasis, Egypthttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/bees.jpgbeesBee-tubes with bee emerging from centre tube2013-05-12T22:25:18+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/05/05/australian-journey-wax-and-dye-on-crepe-de-chine/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/broome1.jpgbroomeRoebuck Bay, Broomehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/broome.jpgBroomehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/roebuck1.jpgroebuckSketch: Roebuck Bay, Broomehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/waxsurface2.jpgwaxsurface2Waxed and dyed surfacehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/waxsurface.jpgwaxsurfaceWaxed and dyed surface showing the wax-out linehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/shells.jpgshellsSketch: Roebuck Bay, Broomehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/roebuck.jpgroebuckSketch, Roebuck Bay, Broomehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/redmasons.jpgredmasons2013-05-23T14:25:35+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/04/21/shibori-through-the-megaphone/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ggworkshop.jpgGGworkshop2013-04-27T05:57:55+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/04/12/madder-and-goats-at-leewood/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/photo-copy-4.jpggoat and kidResident goat and kid at Leewoodhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dscf4345.jpgDSCF4345Developing colour 1https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dscf4347.jpgDSCF4347Developing colour 2https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dscf4350.jpgDSCF4350Developing colour 3https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dscf4351-version-2.jpgDSCF4351 - Version 2At home at Leewood https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dscf4356.jpgDSCF4356Developing colour 4https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dscf4357.jpgDSCF4357Dyed sampleshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dscf4359.jpgDSCF4359Comparing exhaust dye density after removing fleece2013-04-15T09:06:29+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/04/06/the-simple-reappears-once-the-dyers-quite-exhausted/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/waxoz.jpgwaxozWax and dye: Australian colours2016-06-10T21:00:10+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/03/31/calculating-cochineal-using-lanzarote-dyestuff/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dscf0257.jpegDSCF0257Three graded samples of dyed felthttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dscf0214.jpegDSCF0214Weighing the cochinealhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dscf0234.jpegDSCF0234Checking the colourhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dscf0239.jpegDSCF0239Cochineal is almost exhaustedhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dscf0228.jpegDSCF0228Pouring all decoctions into one solutionhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dscf0223.jpegDSCF0223Cochineal being decocted in boiling waterhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dscf0222.jpegDSCF0222After several decocrions, there is little colour remaininghttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dscf0215.jpegDSCF0215Preparing to grind the cochineal2013-03-31T15:22:52+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/03/25/historical-dyeing-at-leewood/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/weld2.jpgweld2Comparing results from different batcheshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/weld.jpgweldEqual dye and dyeing conditions for five different fleeces2014-02-12T12:22:41+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/03/20/wax-and-dye-course-at-west-dean/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/photo-copy-31.jpgphoto copy 3Variety of itajime (clamped) shibori scarves worked on silk gauze by studentshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/wd1.jpgWD1Sample square using wax resist applied with brushes, stamps and found objectshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/wd3.jpgwd3A variety of students' work including wax resist and shiborihttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/wd2.jpgwd2Sample of student's work in which accordion pleated silk was dipped into wax and then dyedhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/doublescarf.jpgdoublescarfFinished scarfhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/photo-copy-6.jpgphoto copy 6One layer of dye, second layer of waxhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/photo-copy-5.jpgphoto copy 5Scarf folded in half and stretched on frame. https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/photo-copy-4.jpgphoto copy 4First layer of waxhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/photo-copy-2.jpgdoubleSecond layer of dye2013-03-20T14:14:41+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/03/04/natural-dye-extracts-with-wax/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/work-e1362344648915.jpgworkWork in progress showing wax over white areas; gold areas are Himalayan Rhubarb;greens are created by dilutions of Saxon Bluehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ac7.jpgac7Scarf showing its steaming paperhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ac5.jpgac5Saxon Blue has bled into waxed areahttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ac4.jpgac4Interesting range of greens and blues with pale dilutions of both dyeshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ac2.jpgac2The maroon bands in the ochre/yellow areas appear to be a chemical split in the dyestuff during steaminghttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ac8.jpgac8Scarf showing its steamer paperhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ac3.jpgac3Splashes of Saxon Blue seem to have travelled through the steaming paperhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ac1.jpgac1https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ac6.jpgac6Spots of dye on the surface of waxed areas transfer to silk surface during steaming2013-03-04T11:58:40+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/02/14/ten-things-i-learned-about-blogging/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/studio.jpgstudio2013-02-20T20:15:10+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/02/06/a-purple-tent-and-mr-ibsens-haplotype/2013-02-08T14:08:18+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/02/01/new-toys-no-time-to-play/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/botanics.jpgbotanicsFour Aquarelle dyes2013-02-02T09:56:30+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/01/27/mud-on-the-dog-blood-on-the-ropes/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dscf8527.jpgDSCF8527The other side of the weddinghttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/jstowe.jpgjstoweThe team prepares to ring for a wedding. They are holding the sallieshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/tower.jpgtowerThe bell mechanismhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/view.jpgviewView from our church towerhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/wedding1.jpgwedding1A bride arrives in the tower2013-02-02T12:54:13+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/01/22/of-shibori-and-eisenia-fetida/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/waxx.jpgwaxxShibori techniques and waxhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/compost.jpgcompostWhat's happening in the worm composter2013-01-22T15:00:12+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/01/17/reflections/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/waxthru.jpgwaxthruWork in progress: wax makes he silk translucent https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/steaming2.jpgsteaming2Fabric steamer showing cylindrical steel chamber on top of the water heaterhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/steaming3.jpgsteaming3Scarves wound into paper and sealed with foil: metal pole is threaded through centre and placed in chamberhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/steamer.jpgsteamerReflections in the fabric steamerhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/blueshib.jpgblueshibNew shibori pattern discovered this weekhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ironout.jpgironoutIroning out wax: waxed scaf is shown as andwich filling. On top and below are a sheet of tissue paper and then pads of newsprint2013-01-26T17:31:32+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/01/15/homework/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/shibori2-e1370965620816.jpgshibori2Triangular fold; clamp removed2013-01-15T17:49:58+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/01/10/317/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/photo.jpgphoto2013-01-30T16:19:12+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/01/09/in-the-second-post/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/between.jpgbetweenDetail: showing three layers of wax and two of dye2013-01-09T16:59:58+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/inspiration/2013-01-08T22:16:02+00:00weekly0.6https://isabellawhitworth.com/techniques/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/nibsapplicators2.jpgnibs,applicators2Gutta and resist applicators used by silk-painters 2013-01-08T17:43:14+00:00weekly0.6https://isabellawhitworth.com/2013/01/02/starting-anew/2013-01-02T14:53:02+00:00monthlyhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/gallery/https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/moor-naturaldye.jpgmoor.naturaldyeNatural dyes on georgette; wax resisthttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/shawls.jpgshawlsDevon-grown indigo, Lanzarote cochineal and Indian cutch on Indian handwoven shawlshttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/birsay-naturaldye.jpgbirsay.naturaldyeNatural dyes on georgette; wax resisthttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/inspiredexhibition.jpgStalksStalks; crepe de Chinehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/tushawl.jpgTussockTussock shawl; heavy crêpe de Chinehttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/clothesline.jpgClotheslineClothesline 2006https://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/spotty.jpgSpotsSpotty; silk organzahttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/indigoshawl.jpgindigoshawlDevon-grown indigo on Indian handwoven silkhttps://isabellawhitworth.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/selectionclamped.jpgShiboriSelection of clamped-resist shibori scarves on silk gauze2013-01-02T10:16:25+00:00weekly0.6https://isabellawhitworth.comdaily1.02025-12-25T11:59:38+00:00