Don't let the stars get in your eyes if you've got water on the brain

I did actually play with thickened dyes about three weeks ago, as I mentioned I would in my last post. I haven't had any free time to do anymore since, but I was very happy with at least some of the prints. I printed on plain printer paper for testing...and learned that water-based dyes just bleed all over on that type of paper unless you thicken them so much that you can hardly press the dye through the screen. I had better results with watercolor paper and with, and this was my main goal, fabric. I've only scanned one paper print so far.

I have a lot to learn about how to squeegee ink/dye evenly through a screen, but it looks promising. Practice, practice, practice.

But not tonight. It is so hot that my brain is percolating. This is my one evening off and I have managed to read a little and have a glass of wine under the stars. Gazing at the sky in wonder, cogitating on the meaning of it all, soaking in star beams, and similar.

Which is a pretty good use of time, after all.

And here's the link to the source of the title of this post:

Thank you for the memories, Homer and Jethro.