Blues blues blues

I've ordered a pound of alum for dyeing from my co-op, and lucked into some pickling lime this morning as well, so I think I'm ready to work on some true blues! I need to save myself some links, but you can look at them too. See below.
http://waysofthewhorl.wordpress.com/2011/04/12/natural-dyeing-take-3-black-beans/
http://wildcolours.co.uk/html/blue_dyes.html
http://www.spin-knit-dye.com/

Finally!

I have posted most of the photos recently shot by Petronella Ytsma on my website, jenniferaschultz.com. You can see lots of recent work, and some of the images can be clicked for enlargements as well. Thank you Nell! You did a wonderful job. Click that link above for a moving MN Original piece featuring Nell. She's a beautiful woman, articulate, very kind and funny. I'm honored by her time.

"The Stories: I remember" 

2013. Photo by P. Ytsma

Black beans! Raspberries! Zinnias! Onions! Chrysanthemums!

in progress...Going to Seed

Adding some more "hapa-zome" detail to the piece today, after basting on a couple of fill layers behind to make hand-sewing easier. Zinnias, chrysanthemums and morning glories... sitting on the front steps on a chilly September afternoon.

Finally!

Have pushed through a rather fallow period, post X-Voto, during which I just made a couple of small books and produced little else. Dropped off most of the X-Voto work plus a few older pieces with photographer Petronella Ytsma; and can honestly say I'm excited about that! Nell has been on the Twin Cities scene for many years, but has shown nationally and in Germany as well. A beautiful woman, and I'm sure the work will be excellent. The older pieces are those which deserve decent shots, and once this is accomplished I will feel much better equipped to apply for a few fellowships and grants.

I have a piece in progress as well, tentatively titled "Going to seed" in honor of my 45th birthday. :)

The lighting looks odd but in fact, that's the work -- luminous, a little blurry. :) This is a base layer, there's possibly quite a bit left to do in terms of embroidery, collage and other layers. Right now it's a combination of hand-dyed fabrics (my own) and digital imagery on cotton and silk (likewise my own images.) Also some hapa-zome a la India Flint, which I produced while up at the lake this year. Stay tuned.

X-Voto: a quick overview

Here at last are some random informal shots of the X-Voto show, on display through August 3rd at the Nomad World Pub in south Minneapolis. See link on the sidebar for more information! I'm hoping to have the work professionally shot in situ, and take better individual photos once I've decided on a photographer. 

"PTSD Curtain: Joplin" 2013. 

58x68" Digital print, hand-dyed and commercial fabrics, original design fabrics, mixed media. 

"The Stories" 2013. 

Dimensions variable, 6 objects total. Burnt paper, human hair, cloth, mixed media. 

"The Claim" 2013. 

20x24" Hand-dyed fabric, digital print on silk and cotton, mixed media.

Top: "Man On Fire" 2013.

26x16" Digital print on silk and cotton, hand-dyed and original design fabrics, silk yarn. 

Bottom: "The Stories (1/6)" 2013.

8x8" Original fabric, hand-dyed silk, human hair. 

"PTSD Curtain: Silence & Shame" 2013.

58x68" Digital transfer, hand-dyed and commercial fabrics, original design fabrics, found crochet, mixed media. 

Left: "PTSD Curtain: Burying the Dead (12 Steps)" 2013. 

58x68" Found, hand-dyed and commercial fabrics, digital transfer, digital prints on cotton, mixed media. 

Installation view. 

Center, above: "Secret Agent: Joplin Part 2" 2013. 

40x30" Digital print on silk and cotton. 

"Hail Mary/Advent Calendar" 2013.

24x36" Hand-dyed silk, digital print on cotton and silk, mixed media. 

Installation view. 

Lower right: "Non-disclosure Agreement" 2013.

13x11" Digital print on silk and cotton, original design cotton fabric.