CT – Monique van Gent Sidy

Black-eyed Susan, Pounded

By CT

On July 7, 2017

In Fabric Experiments

Flower Pounding is basically a means to transfer the color and shape of flowers (I used some frozen) on paper or fabric

How They Bend

By CT

On February 18, 2017

In Nature, PHOTOS

Beautiful Palo Verde. She will be basking in yellow in another month.

After the Desert Rains

By CT

On February 17, 2017

In Nature

Green things sprouted – mud dried up.

What I Learned on Valentine’s Day

By CT

On February 14, 2017

In Food

A beet heart in beet soup.
A thick heart drowns.
A light heart floats.

Flower Tea

By CT

On February 6, 2017

In Food, Nature

The flowers and leaves for this tea are from the beautiful Kartause Cloister in Switzerland.

Cochineal Red

By CT

On September 14, 2016

In Fabric Experiments

After having experimented with the beautiful Blues from Indigo and Woad dyeing, shades of Reds and Purples are my current favorite. Because the Zinnias are blooming and the mornings are colder?

Visiting Doornik Natuurakkers

By CT

On September 2, 2016

In Nature, Travel

Ineke Berentschot, who wrote the wonderful bread baking bread “Nachtbrood,” showed a friend and me around at the Doornik Natuurakkers.

Alabama Chanin Workshop in Auty, France – at Chateau Dumas

By CT

On August 31, 2016

In Fabric Experiments

Plant-Dyed Surprises!

By CT

On April 19, 2016

In Fabric Experiments

Last fall, I placed flowers, leaves, branches, and seedpots in glass jars with water and cotton fabric. After having been locked up for almost half a year (see the beginning here), today I opened the jars and unfolded the fabrics. Voila! Fabric that has been dyed beautifully by Nature.