Collage of chopped up test sheets from polyprints
Another polyprint test sheet collage
And an inverse image in Photoshop
Dye results from iris tubers
I kept the paper stencils cut for November’s polyprints. I really like the chunky quality of the shapes and would like to use this as a starting point for new work. Maybe a woodcut? Or an embroidery? Or even another collage?
Using up more waste material… I chopped up the test sheets from last month’s polyprints... interesting colour combinations and texture. I inversed one of the scans in Photoshop and I was fascinated by how different it looks when the colour palette is altered.
I’d read that dye could be made from iris root (tubers)... I was moving some irises from the front garden, so decided to test it out. Not quite the colour punch I was hoping for, but some pleasant-enough teddy bear browns in the yarn and woollen blanket (looks a bit more ochre in this photo than it does in real life).