The moon (and eco-dyeing results)

I'm once again joining Erika, (Bio Art Gal), our host this month at Art Journal Journey with her themes In the air/In the sky.

I was actually looking for a different quote when I ran across this one.

I knew I had a picture of the moon in my book on the cosmos, so pulled it out.  I also knew my circle cutter would never cut it as well as it should, so I just cut around it. 

The quote by Paul Brandt reads:

Do not tell me the sky is
the limit when there are
footprints on the moon.

For this page I created in my Challenges altered book, I began by laying down two colors of blue water soluble crayons.  I then added the moon image and the quote.

Thanks so very much for joining me today.  Bleubeard and I also hope to see you at Art Journal Journey with your interpretation of Erika's theme.

Also, it occurred to me

that I had shown this fabric I was about to eco-dye, but never showed the final results.

This is what it looked like when I was unrolling it.

You can just barely see the copper rod I wrapped it in on the far left of the above photo.

For some reason, I thought I would get a better outcome from this, but I apparently didn't leave it in the steam bath long enough.

On the other hand, the copper rod did its "thing" quite well.  Note also the marks on the right side of the fabric.  That's where I wrapped the fabric using wax linen thread.

To say I was disappointed in the outcome

is like calling the Queen Mary a rowboat.

I even tried desaturating the photo, but that didn't help, either.

The only part that really pleased me was where the copper rod had laid during the heating process.

As I mentioned above, these are the marks left from the wax linen thread I wrapped around the cylinder before I steamed the fabric.

Thanks again for sticking with me while I showed these disappointing eco-dyeing results.  This fabric will need to be overdyed, or possibly painted sometime in the future.