Rust dyeing samples

Popped to Craft Arena at Barleylands, to get Q.A's and some thread. While talking to Dean Smith (this is where Kezzy goes for her art lessons) I found out that he was the local artist who helped the children at my school in Activities week make the shark out of paper. Lots of photos follow of my rust dyed fabric.
This is a piece of my own dyed fabric that has had wire wool tied into it with wire, and also I did some stitching with wire and pulled it up to form pleats.

Opened out and washed

These samples are wire wool and salt solution.

Cream calico

Evalon

White calico

My own dyed fabric, not much rust on this sample.

White calico

Scrim, though scrim was used in every batch of samples, this was the only piece of scrim that didn't end up looking like a very dirty floorcloth!

The following samples were with vinegar solution and wire wool.

Cream calico Evalon

White calico

Own dyed fabric

White calico

These samples were made with wire wool, salt solution and tea.

Cream calico Evalon

White calico

Own dyed fabric

White calico

These samples were soaked in vinegar solution and tea with wire wool.

Cream calico Evalon

White calico

Own dyed fabric

Calico Samples using different bits of metal.

This 'axe' I got from the Caretakers at school when I was on the hunt for things that were rusty, the top fabric was folded over the fabric sandwich too obtain a ghost image. Salt solution was used.

Metal objects stitched and pinned to fabric ala Gwen Hedley, in a salt solution.

All the photos were taken while the fabric was wet, not too keen on the rust smell when I opened all the different bags, but it is worth it to get such interesting marks on the fabric. the axe and the pins and washer samples dried out while I was away as they weren't in a bag, just wrapped in parchment, could have been rustier still. Just got to decide what to do with all the samples now.