I have been putting together fabric, rusting things, and old lino prints for my erosion bundle and getting really excited about the idea of making something from the abused fabric. THEN I get my first copy of Cloth Paper Scissors. It has an article on wabi-sabi inspiration. Here is a quote from the article: "Wabi-sabi refers to the qualities of imperfection, aging, cycles of nature, and cycles of life. It values rust, patina, burnishing, tearing, staining, and decay." Wooo Hooo! Not only am I letting fabric rot outside for a few months and thereby adding rust, tearing, staining, and decay but I am creating using an Asian concept. Cool, eh?
If you want to see what can be done with the wabi-sabi technique of erosion bundles,check out Spirit Cloth.
First it was all about quilting and then dyeing and then I started making books and zentangling and drawing. Now I have given up on limiting myself and this is all about my creative journey. Hope you'll join me on my journey and invite me on yours!
I'm going to have to check out this idea! Looks fun.
ReplyDeleteI was reading about that in CPS! Can't wait to see your wabi-sabi piece!
ReplyDeleteIt's going to be fun!
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