Sometimes a 'wrapping' can be a bit disappointing but this is all part of the learning process. I've had some 'not so pleasing' pieces of cloth lurking (sulking I think) in the workroom waiting for inspiration to hit.
After my play date with some of the local Felters I still had a box of leftover foliage so decided to 'go for broke' ha ha. The box was full of mainly WA native plants and a few NZ flax flowers. The cloth had been wrapped in an old piece of very large chain in a previous dyepot and as you can see from the pics below it reacted very strongly to give such a deep black. I personally didn't much care for it but some of my pals liked it. Anyhoooo I've rewrapped the cloth with all of the leftover plant material then soaked the bundle in some fermented mulberries overnight.
Big wraps need big pots! I had to bring the cauldron in from outside and balance it on the stove in my kitchen. I was toooo impatient to wait for the stormy weather to clear up to use my outside fireplace. I steamed this one and the pics below show a lot of colour seeping thru the cover sheet so do hope the 'not so pleasing cloth' has turned from a grub to a butterfly....
Just 'dyeing' to open it but patience, patience, patience. Hmmm not one of my virtues I'm afraid, lets hope I can hang out long enough for the magic to happen :)
