Procrastination

I should be working but need a break some who know me will just shrug and roll their eyes but hey good music is good music and these two guys are top of my list in their respective areas. Some good blues on the stereo to get me in the groove again seems to be the answer- either that or I join a Rasta church ;-)

Still toiling

Just a quick drop in, things have been tres busy at present, between dealing with bankers, solicitors, titles office, builders etc etc as well as trying to pull off a quilt and another assignment in two weeks for assessment things have been rather hectic to say the least.
But progress:
-House mortgate documents signed - YIKES GULP pick me up off the floor
-Paint purchased for reno's- I know it has been five years since I bought paint but it is DAMNED expensive now
-Floor in last room sanded and SEALED - only twelve years after the remainder of the house LOL
Now only to paint and paint and paint -inside and out and have my delightful building buddy sort out my messes - sounds pretty simple? Dont you believe it
there is Sh*tloads to do as M.O.T.H pointed out yesterday
but hoping to manage to get my cam batteries charged to take some progress pics of assignment pieces- soon I promise.
In the meantime it is head down and tail folk and dont get in my way or I might paint you ;-)
back ASAP

printing on silk

the test pieces turned out fine so I did the block/monoprinting technique on the silk over the weekend
this is a sample of the leaf prints- while the block is the same the leaves are all unique
going to
overdye the silk with a soft green washed effect

Discharge

discharged broad cloth

my block design





Getting ready for the run into assessment and I have to produce 4 major pieces of work over the next five weeks.
Ah what is life without a deadline?
I have contracted to do the silk yardage with the design of the croton leaf from my previous experiments for one - that should take me a couple of hours to produce once I set myself up for it
this is actually for the next piece which is about discharge dyeing of fabric and over printing with blocks- a little along the lines of what I have been exploring but that was far more fortuitous in design - ie I took what I got LOL
This time I am playing with masked shapes and pre cutting my block
What I need now it is decide what colour to print my leaf block in to make it really pop.... Any suggestions?