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Friday, 10 July 2015

a tutorial (of sorts)



yesterday i received an email which said "tutorials, how natural color really stays on fabric, please". i'm pretty sure i've covered that topic (the 'why' as well as the 'how') comprehensively in 'Eco Colour', 'Second Skin' and 'The Bundle Book'

but i was still thinking about it in the shower this morning and then fell into a puddle of verbage. so, from the bear who (almost) never writes rhyming poetry, here is a tutorial. in verse. in my somewhat dodgy handwriting.

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15 comments:

  1. Robbie10 July 2015 at 10:21

    I have your Eco Colour book but love your 'poem'!!

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  2. Trace Willans10 July 2015 at 11:50

    entertaining and succinct, nicely done.

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  3. Hilde10 July 2015 at 12:17

    brilliant!

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  4. Mona10 July 2015 at 18:22

    That's very nicely put! And I find your handwriting quite artistic :)
    Maybe you ought to have a spam box for incoming requests for tutorials and for people nagging you for flying? But perhaps one can see it as a side effect, of being widely known for making a wake-up call on how we treat the Earth, in an artistic way. Usually, that 's quite provoking - like painting a blue horse was about a hundred years ago. I've got your books, and I adore them! Thank you :)

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    1. india flint10 July 2015 at 20:40

      Thank you for your support and especially for buying the books. And as for blue horses...Franz Marc is splendid company to be in.

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  5. Velma Bolyard10 July 2015 at 20:46

    brilliant! you could translate eco colour into verse, perhaps? [grin]

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  6. india flint10 July 2015 at 21:40

    As in :

    I find the use of toxic mordants
    Plastic wrap and such discordant
    When leaf and twig and stone suffice
    To yield results that are quite nice...


    Oh dear. I think it's time for another glass of red
    And then, methinks, it's time for bed!

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  7. Christine10 July 2015 at 22:48

    methinks your words are succinct.

    Brava dear friend. I'll raise a glass of vodka later tonight to you!

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  8. Unknown11 July 2015 at 00:53

    It really is quite simple
    Allow the cloth to stew and wrinkle
    Let Mother Nature do as she will
    While bundle rests on window sill

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    1. india flint11 July 2015 at 06:59

      Oh that's lively ! I see an epic collective verse saga unfolding ...

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    2. india flint11 July 2015 at 17:04

      I meant to write "lovely "....but lively isn't bad either

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  9. Karen Thiessen14 July 2015 at 11:16

    You're the Dr. Seuss of eco-dyeing! I dare you to write your next book like this.

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  10. Little Mountain Fiber Studio22 July 2015 at 23:00

    Love it! has such a nice ring to it too. could be the beginning of a song!

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    1. india flint23 July 2015 at 08:24

      You could try singing it to the tune of the Vatican Rag :-)

      http://youtu.be/pvhYqeGp_Do

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