Three pieces of cotton dyed with avocado seeds. The colours shown here are not at all like they are,but it does show the middle piece is much darker than the other two. This one was prepared for dying beforehand with a soy milk treatment to get the protein into the fabric. The other two have taken colour slightly. At least they are not the crisp white they were. It depends on what is needed. I quite like the subtle colour. The middle one certainly is more pinkish than it looks here. The top piece was an old piece of a dress lining. The print is from a sketch I made of the boats at Gardens Point on The Brisbane river. I traced the sketch onto som transfer paper, put a bit of colour in with transfer crayons and ironed onto fabric.
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