This last Thursday, I spent a wonderful afternoon with Helen Belcher, Education Curator, at the Sam Houston Museum Complex.
She was gracious enough to teach me what was a craft used by Cherokee women. These women would take rocks instead of hammers as their pounding tool as a means to extract dye from plants.
You can learn more on my ARTIST BLOG-Learn How To Plant Pound article.
See how I went from:
To this:
UR-TURN: If you give this craft a try, leave me a comment. Tell me how you plan to use this method in an artistic endeavor.
Until Next Time.
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