Hand-dyed Quilt, 2021 Home alternative/antique processes

alternative/antique processes

Working in a variety of media

representative to abstract and conceptual

recycled sterling silver

special attention has been paid to details and quality structure

Hand-dyed Quilt, 2021 Home alternative/antique processesby Naomi Parker On view during the Fall, 2021 exhibition season. To achieve the colors on this quilt, Naomi used natural dyes from the following materials: alkanet root, lac, cutch extract, cochineal, madder, Japanese maple leaves, henna, Osage orange and avocado pits. There are four steps to achieving each one of these beautiful colors, starting with a scouring bath, a tannin bath (of gallnuts, pomegranate or cutch), an alum bath and then the final