YAS contemporary lifestyle

(The images in this post are what I call home shots. I use them for recording my inventory. Not the best shots. The work is professionally photographed before being placed in the  Y Sabur Shop  for printing on matted and framed paper prints, giclee prints, posters, cards, pillow and tote bags. YS) I practice my craft daily. I am still fascinated by simple geometric shapes. I spend time with younger people and try to stay open to what they are saying and what is going on in their parallel universe. I work in the garden, and try to grow and eat as much organic produce as I can. I am vegan. Okay being vegan is a process. Been practicing for five years and still sometimes have to have some dairy. On occasion, cream in my coffee, ice cream, and cheese, cheese is a difficult one for me. I give my original work away to friends and family. I partner with socially committed non-profits and share the proceeds of art work sales with them I am trying to ma...

"Senegal" Yasmin Sabur, 2011, resist dyed, block printed, hand painted I got a question about Procion MX dye from a friend who has never worked with this particular fiber reactive dye. Not sure if I'm the right person to answer the question. I've been working with Procion since the late 1960s and I'm sure that I no longer follow any of the published directions for using. Would I let that stop me from running my mouth on the subject? No way. 1. The first thing is understanding what fiber reactive means. Procion forms a chemical bond with natural fiber fabrics - cotton, silk, linen, ramie, rayon and wool. In order for the chemical bonding to take place you add fairly ordinary chemicals to develop the color and to facilitate the bond. Plain salt (not iodized), urea, and soda ash. 2. Procion dye for cotton does not require heat. This is one of it's outstanding qualities. So sometimes Procion is referred to as a cold water fiber active dye. 3. Procion ma...