http://erincee.wordpress.com bags art and dirtybits Mon, 14 Feb 2011 18:53:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://erincee.wordpress.com http://erincee.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/re-boot/ http://erincee.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/re-boot/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 19:56:55 +0000 erincee http://erincee.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/may-1-2009/ ]]> Time to get back to business?

]]> http://erincee.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/re-boot/feed/ 0 erincee http://erincee.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/30/ http://erincee.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/30/#comments Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:53:40 +0000 erincee http://erincee.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/30/ ]]> I’m doing many many many of these little wall batiks right now.  I do either very big: 4X5′; or very small: 4×4″. Right now my work table is full and I’m waxing away.  I’m particularily busy creating these guys I call “dirtybits”.   I draw them in hot wax, then colour with dye.   I leave them to process by wrapping them in plastic which keeps them damp for 24 hours, long enough for the dye to set.  This is batch dyeing.  I learned about this technique at  Maiwa Handprints, a great resource for dyers here in Vancouver.

]]> http://erincee.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/30/feed/ 0 erincee flying guy http://erincee.wordpress.com/2007/08/24/hello-world/ http://erincee.wordpress.com/2007/08/24/hello-world/#comments Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:13:48 +0000 erincee ]]> I’m branching out.   I’ve found a way to expand my site and keep it current–by blogging!    I’ve put some new erincee bags and artwork up over here while I figure out how to maintain my other site, www.erincee.com.   This is like having a second home!   I’ve been wanting to let people who visit my site know what I’ve been up to but haven’t got the web skills needed to make site changes.  I think I managed to change some text to say “Happy Holidays!”  and it ended up saying that for 6 months …

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