Washi stitches

photographs by vikky.salmon

Went to a natural dying workshop,

experimenting with different flowers, roots and extracts to obtain colour.

Simply got immersed in the world of colour,

its creation and coming about.

Played around like a little child, 

dipping pieces of cloth in liquids of all sorts.

Although colours were much more vivid once wet,

they still carry this beautiful quality when dry.

I played tricks with stitches.

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Mala som možnosť zúčastniť sa workshopu farbenia prírodnými farbivami.

Experimentovali sem s roznorodými kvetmi, korienkami a extraktami.

Ponorila som sa do sveta farieb,

tam, kde vznikajú a z kadiaľ prichádzajú.

Babrala som sa v nich ako malé decko,

namáčala kúsky do rozličných tekutín a odvarov.

Aj keď boli farby oveľa sýtejšie ešte za mokra,

teraz, nasucho, majú tiež svoje čaro.

Pohrala som sa so štehmi. 

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Azur

photography by vikky.salmon

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Plsť

photographs by vikky.salmon

When the thread starts to misbehave!

xxx

Keď nitka začne vyčíňať!

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Szmatki z odzysku

photographs by vikky.salmon

It's been over a year and a half, the time for which I haven't painted for.

It's been over 6 months, the time for which 

a watercolour sheet of paper has been waiting hidden behind my desk, to be altered, adjusted.  

I took the sheet, watercolours and a piece of fabric out, 

started smudging the paint about.

Layering.

And just observing what there was to come.

The result of what came about on the paper wasn't particularly enchanting, 

however the piece of cloth dyed into beautiful gradients of colour.

And as it dried, it stiffened and kept slightly curved shape.

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Je to niečo vyše roku a pol, čo som naposledy maľovala.

Je to niečo vyše 6 mesiacov, čo mi skrytý za stolíkom odpočíval kúsok akvaralového papieru

a čakal na zmenu.

Zobrala som hárok, akvarely a kúsok látky,

začala rozmazávať farbu navôkol.

Vrstviť.

A len som sa prizerala tomu, čo sa dialo pod mojimi rukami.

To, čo sa udialo na papieri nebolo dychvyrážajúce,

avšak handrička nabrala krásne farebné tónovanie.

A ako uschla, stvrdla a zanechala si jemne vlnkovaný tvar.

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TextileSketchbook_III

photographs by vikky.salmon

I baked some beetroot for my lunch.

Beetroot, salt, pepper, herbs, olive oil, aluminium foil, baking dish, oven, 180 degrees, 40 minutes.

Eat and wash the dishes.

Crunch and bin the aluminium foil.

Inside it though, is a beetroot-olive oil sauce.

Pieces of cotton dipped into it.

Made dirty and washed.

With the help of bile soap.

Dried.

Archived.

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Na obed som piekla cviklu.

Cvikla, soľ, korenie, provensálske bylinky, olivový olej, alobal, plech, rúra, 180 stupňom, 40 minút.

Zjesť a umyť taniere.

Skrčiť a vyhodiť alobal.

V alobale šťava, cviklovo-olejná.

Kúsky bavlny do nej namočené.

Zašpinené a potom opraté.

Žlčovým mydlom, nie len tak.

Vysušené.

Archivované.

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Sketchbook_II

photographs by vikky.salmon

Calm and quite.

xxx

Kľudné a tiché.

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TextileSketchbook

photographs by vikky.salmon

I am in the process of making of a personal fabric sample book.

Somewhere on the boundary between fabric and paper.

It's glued by thread and stitched by tape.

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Vyrábam si vlastný vrorkovník.

Niekde na pomedzí látky a papieru.

Nitkou lepený a páskou prišívaný. 

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