Carlyn Clark 2/26/15 Carlyn Clark 2/26/15

Indigo & Shibori

A quick view of Carlyn Clark's first attempt at shibori folding techniques and indigo dying.

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Whale Watching

Whales kept popping up as I wandered online so I decided to do a little research on the history of whales in folkore and legend and what whales mean in our dreams

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Thinking about the color of water

Carlyn Clark is working on a new collection of surface and print patterns and used an underwater scene as inspiration for the color palette.

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Facebook 5 Day Art Challenge

A recap of the print and pattern surface designs that Carlyn Clark posted for the 5 Day Art Challenge on Facebook showing the process used of transforming original painting into patterns using Adobe Photoshop filters and layers.

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2015 Liberate Your Art Postcard Swap

A recap of three years of postings to the Liberate Your Art Postcard Swap

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A Color Palette in Honor of Henri Matisse's Birthday

In honor of Matisse's birthday, a color palette inspired by "The Creole Dancer."

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Who Knew There Was a National Bicarbonate of Soda Day?

A color palette taken from the Arm & Hammer Baking Soda package in honor of National Bicarbonite of Soda Day.

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In honor of National Poinsettia Day, a new color palette

In honor of National Poinsettia Day I've created a color palette, perfect for Christmas holiday decor and art projects. Learn a bit of the long history of the Euphorbia Pulcherrima in both Mexico and the U.S.

Every morning as I sit down at my work table I pull up an @oblique_se. Today's seems to particularly align with my mood.

Mending while camping, using hand-dyed indigo thread available on my website

New stock added. Oversold natural indigo dyed mending thread is back in stock. This cotton covered poly thread is stronger than pure cotton and takes the indigo dye beautifully, with little specks of undyed poly peeking through for an almost sparkly effect. It's strong enough for mending jeans but thin enough for most stitching and embroidery projects. The natural indigo will fade harmoniously as you launder your jeans. If thread sales are an indication, the dog days of the pandemic are inspiring people to dig into those baskets of damaged clothes with lots of first timers giving mending a try. It's put up in short skeins so its an affordable starter thread. The indigo dye started as seeds in my dye garden. I use this thread in Arashi Shibori processes and carefully unwind it as I pull off the dyed textiles. Nothing goes to waste! I can put up longer skeins if needed, pm me

Finished a pile. Now to assemble

Individual photos of the January 2021 Take a Stitch Tuesday stitches. I've written about the processes on my blog. Link to my website is on my bio #tastembroidery #takeastitchtuesday #pintangletast #handembroidered #stitchersofinstagram #linkedchainstitch #flystitch #italianborderstitch #blanketstitch #reverseblanketbarstitch #stemstitch #portuguesestemstitch

New thread colorway added to my shop. #handdyedthreads #bluethread #mendingthread #handstitching #varigatedthread #dyedthreads #dyedbyhand #denimfriendly #mendingjeans

More thread into a vat. Blending colors for stitching on collage. #handdyedthreads #stitchedcollage #dyersofinstagram #dyedthreads #dyeart #dyework #blue #multicoloredthread

There was a run on indigo dyed thread on my website over the holidays and I'm almost out. Today I'm trying out fiber reactive dyes on a few skeins to see how that works. Takes a lot less water than indigo processing which is an ongoing concern in SoCal.

Starting 2021 with some dye. #dyeart #dyeing #shiboripattern #dyersofinstagram #dyedcotton #fatquarter #konacotton #dyework

So long 2020! Welcome 2021. We're really looking forward to seeing you