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Hello. My name's Liz Plummer and I'm a Textile Artist. I love the texture of fabric. I love dyeing it and painting it and stitching into it. This blog is about the influences on my work, inspiration, my daily life, and the processes of creating. Enjoy!

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Dyeing Photos

Here we are. The photos.

The ones which came out best were those dyed using the cotton pima pfd from Lunn Fabrics. I bought 8 yards – as much as they could fit in one of those UPS envelopes, and it’s the best fabric I’ve ever used! Yummy. I envy you Americans…

This is about 2 yards long:

space dyed fabric

Here is a detail:

detail

And another:

detail

Here is another piece of a similar length:

space dyed fabric

And a detail:

detail

In contrast, this is some sheeting fabric which I bought and scoured, which looked of a similar quality to the above until I used it. It didn’t take up as much of the dye at all:

washed out looking dyed piece

More anon! The screen, by the way, is still drying, although I have now taken off all the accessories to help it dry quicker underneath. Under the bubblewrap is still very wet. I obviously put it on too thick there.

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