As always Liz had found an interesting workshop, but this one involved the River Niger! She has been interested in natural pigments for some time and this one used fermented mud sent all the way from Africa.The tannins the make the pigment adhere to the cloth ,it is then mordanted and the white background painted.She used a variety of marks to patterns her cloth.It has to sit for a while to be permanent. The downside to the process was the stink of the mud.She suffers for her art.
She tried another experiment with a rusted blade and the mud as there was tannin present.She had good results ,below, but was disappointed that she smudged the image by moving the cloth.
She brought along some pieces she has been developing using her natural pigments
and some rusted cloth which was dipped in the sea.
These have been embellished and stitched to create vessels.
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