This year the Japanese maple in my little urban backyard garden was absolutely brilliant. Today with cold frost and snowfall the tree let loose her leaves. I can't resist a dye pot and printing on silk with the windfall. I added "old reliable" onion skins and black walnut hulls from Ohio for burnished golds and bronzes.
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Bundled and bound, India Flinty-style, with silk thread on stick and small rock. I sprayed the bundle with vinegar
and tossed it in a soup pot of water to steam for an hour. After draining I'll let it sit undisturbed for two weeks while I fly to Florida for a visit with my daughter.
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| More small bundles of walnut hulls in cotton gauze and silk. With a little alum and cream of tartar in the soak water the hulls are so willing to share their color. |
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| Slow soak and steep until I get home. Happy Thanksgiving! |
