January 7 - 12, 2008

COMPARING MUSHROOM DYES ON PROTEIN FIBERS

OTHER PROTEIN FIBERS with Carla Sundström Goat kid leather, goose feathers, reindeer hide (Lappland), pelican bones (Baja CA), sheep skin strips, and angora to be dyed with Phaeolus schweinitzii, Dermocybe semi-sanguinea, and Omphalotus olivascens mushroom dyes.	All of these protein fibers dyed with mushroom dyes.
Reindeer antler & silk dyed with Dermocybe semisanguinea.	The protein fibers class at work.
	NEW FIBER SURVEY with Karen Urbanek We spent time exploring new sustainable high tech fibers now available, such as Bamboo, Corn, Soy and Milk Proteins. All have interesting characteristics not yet fully explored and all can be layered to make paper!
More photos to come!

Many thanks for Symposium photos submitted by Kirsti Palmén, Betsy Samuelsen, and Carla Sundström.