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| Limestone (white and grey rock) and oxidized chert cobbles |
along with the other pieces on the drying rack below ...
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which were all dyed with Prairie Tea, which came back after a 5" rain last month ...
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| Notice the grass below has dried out after 4 weeks with no rain |
While I was hoping for a yellow like my original Prairie Tea dyeing, I was delighted to find that results this time around reminded me of the colors on the floodplain ...
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Not to mention the critters that hang out there ...
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| Moth(?) feeding on Snow-on-the-Mountain |
The closer I looked at the marks left behind, the happier I got ...
Who knows where this may lead ...
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| West Trail to the floodplain ... purposefully winding to minimize flood damage |
Your cloth will speak of the place it was made...terroir! I love the various textures in your patches.
ReplyDeleteThe perfect word: terroir!
DeleteThose golds are some of my favorites for using in work. I do love how color migrates as it dries. It's all so random.
ReplyDeleteI think the colors are a large part of why I love our home in the Hill Country ... they also make me think of Andrew Wyeth's palette (even though he was the antithesis of random)
Deletei SWOOOON....am going to look up prairie tea....see if we have it here
ReplyDeletePrairie Tea (aka Croton) is listed in the Edible and Useful Plants of the Southwest by Delena Tull ... which includes New Mexico. Here's hoping you find some in your neck of the "woods"
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