#happyscientist

{{ After storms last week I collected #windfall in my hood for #ecoprinting }} #somepinkflowers 🌸 #this #ecoprint of #japanesemaple seeds & blossoms gave me a dramatic gift. 💕 👋🏽😊🌳💕 #imakethings 🌸 I am a #happyscientist experimenting with #naturaldye 🌸 Keeping notes & playing with color. #spfcreates2015 🌸 #ohhappyday with #thisone 💕 (at St. Augustine, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLEv7OegaFK/?igshid=1wpsn9utrmuci

{{ What happened to the #raspberrydye ?? Good. Question. 🌸 }} #somepinkflowers 🌸 #happyscientist here. 👋🏽☺️🌸 I #solardyed cotton fabric, thread 🧵 and paper in fresh raspberries 💕which turned the loviest color. 💕when still wet. 💕💕 #imakethings #spfecodye🌱 After drying the paper samples stayed #pinkish 💜 but the alum-treated fabric & the cotton thread turned bluish purple. 🙂 #itsallgood 🌸 #iplaywithmyfood ♒️ #making fodder for my art*journal so #wabisabi outcomes are at home here. ☯️💟💜 (at St. Augustine, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQdZ_U6AA9D/?utm_medium=tumblr

{{ #thequestcontinues 🌸 #ecodye #ecodyeing experiments }} #somepinkflowers 🌸 #happyscientist here 🌸🌸🌸 I used 100% cotton scoured & mordant soaked. 👋🏽😊🌸 #blueberry #acorn #marigold #spfcreates2015 🌸 #spfecodye🌱 I attempted #colorextraction from yellow lantana blossoms & from pink Alstroemeria, too, but got zip/nada/nothing. 🌸3 out of 5 experiments 🌸 so I’m satisfied. 💙🤎🧡 #ohhappyday 🌸💕 (at St. Augustine, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPBKyH0g5fa/?utm_medium=tumblr

{{ #playingwithblue 💙 #happyscientist over here #extractingdye 💙💙 }} #somepinkflowers 🌸 #redcabbage produced #ecodye during yesterday’s storm. 💙 In the #dyepot the color is purple. 💜 Then I added a bit of baking soda & up pops 💥 this dusty blue. 💙 Color seems to fade a bit with time so not very stable. 😕 However, perfect rainy*day activity & suitable for journal~pages. 💜💙 #naturaldye 💙 #naturaldyeing 💜 #plantdye 🌱🌱💙 (at St. Augustine, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLXJZ2og9-a/?igshid=c512uzx4x70j

Today hasn’t been the easiest day so far as a few technical difficulties have come up. Despite all the problems, here is a picture of me celebrating my oysters being still alive.