Went on a little ebru jag for a week

While we had the paint out..Mehmet and I went on an ebru ag..using a few different size silks..of course our favorites camme at the tail end....we like the damla(drop) effect..makes lovely abstract geometric forms...on to hats and scarves this week...

snow and felt in istanbul

Enjoying our work

Enjoynmg our feltmakng process

Getting chilly..its time for vests!

I have been playing around with vests this week....big layout but quite fun

Different Kind of Dye Day

Played around with acid dyes today..they will play nicely with our traditional wool

workshops and work

We have been busy teaching, dyeing silk and makng felt. We are getting ready to move the shop to a new location in Istanbul by the end of the month. We are lloking for more daily visitors to the studio. We had a nice workshop with two students from Australia and New Zealand this week. We have been hand dyeing silk for our felt work and it is comming out quite nice.