Come for an evening of etegami. An evening of calm, connection and community. If you already do etegami, bring your supplies and create a few picture drawings in the company of other like minded people. If you have never done it before, I will guide you through a few basic rules, and provide some supplies for you to use. Most people who try it find themselves hooked. You absolutely do not need any previous art experience or talent to do this artform.
Everyone is invited to bring something from nature – a leaf, a flower, a piece of fruit – to share as images to be painted. Donations will be graciously accepted (to cover cost of the supplies and the space) but in no way are expected.
Nice, but a little too subtle for me. I wanted to make something resist-ier. Hence, the rice flour. I just stirred a little at a time in to my leftover Gum Arabic goo until it was the consistency of glue…I guess. 
Then I painted it on. I laid the fabric on some wax paper because it bleeds though. It dried really fast, though. I was messy and didn’t really think much about the pattern. It was drippy and messy to work with and, for me, that makes it fun. 
Here it is after a coupla dips. The resist did get sticky again. I left it to dry for a few days though I think 24 hours should be plenty. We run out of good dye days in Wisconsin pretty early and I had to wait for the weather. I think I dipped it three times. The vat was old so the result is light.
I’ll be making more…that are maybe a little more leaf like.
And this one (my favorite) is a clever origami drawstring style bag.
from their site. I used canvas that I dyed with (surprise, surprise) indigo!
Otherwise, it’s pretty close to the actual pattern…I mean, sort of. I have trouble following directions. 🙂
While nice, the sangria didn’t have the same bright blue color of the wine itself. I sampled the wine on it’s own and was surprised by the lovely fresh taste. It is a semi-sweet so I will have to have Jennifer try it out before I commit to bringing some to the 
