... since childhood red has always been my favorite color, but when you say “red” the idea we have of “red” is extremely subjective; in my case the red can range from red-orange until you get almost to brown. So when I use the cochineal, I always end up tacking the natural carmine of this insect to the warmest vermilion, and I rejoice with all the senses of the deep and brilliant results on the  raw wool of the mayan textiles of Chiapas. When I then use the same cochineal on cotton , the pale pink that results when dry sends me into depression and so I'm struck by an immediate need to dip in a new color bath the fabric just dyed, turning the pink into a beautifull orange or in a warm brown. This approach in search of the color will be the starting point for the experimentation in which we’ll focus on.

This time the focus will be on animal fabers, celulose fibers, natural painting-print and the use of color as a research, a journey to be travelled in stages, through which, by using overlays and working with different techniques, we will try to recreate some of the many nuances that "our" tonality - the one that we carry within us or which we feel the need at a given time - can take on interacting with others in the dyeing process.

Maddalena Forcella  México/Oaxaca

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