Rust dyeing

Been a long time since I last posted and thought it about time, I shared what I've been doing- playing with rust/ tea dyed fabrics. 

This quilt was entered into the Fine art Masters competition at the Festival of Quilts and wasn't accepted, but instead is entered into the Art Quilt category, so I wait to see how it's recieved. Lots of different types of silk and fine cottons have been wrapped around rusty bit & pieces then soaked in tea. I never know what marks or colours will emerge.

Inspired by the ruins of the Cornish tin mining industry scattered throughout the cornish landscape, as the marks remind me of those I observe as I walk in those areas.