New Work

I have been experimenting with a Shibori technique called “Arashi”– the Japanese name for wrapping fabric round a pole, compressing it into folds and then dyeing it. In these two cases, the fabric was plant dyed first, then over dyed with indigo.

The name Arashi means storm – when the fabric is unwrapped after dyeing, the diagonal patterns resemble driving rain. I think of them as being similar to the patterns produced in the sand as the tide goes out. My new work will be a record of the changes I see over time of the sand patterns, using different techniques of pole dyeing.