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		<title>Dyeing Mottled Colors&#8230;more on dyeing at IU</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Opdahl</dc:creator>
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		<title>Complex Colors, Hand-Dyed</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Opdahl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What follows is more technical than what I had originally intended, but some viewers of my work might want to  know about my colors. It turns out that the dye process, as I do it, contributes directly to the look of my tufted pieces. Since I hand-dye the wool I use, how I achieve particular [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marthaopdahl.com&amp;blog=4371140&amp;post=111&amp;subd=marthaopdahl&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Opdahl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I did not come to making art from an art background. I got into art through the back door, so to speak, when I was in my thirties. Growing up, I was exposed to every kind of stitchery having been born and brought up in Peru and elsewhere where such domestic needle skills are handed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marthaopdahl.com&amp;blog=4371140&amp;post=90&amp;subd=marthaopdahl&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Abstract Fiber: line / pattern / structure / disorder</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Opdahl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this post I will give you a broad overview of how my work has evolved. I begin with what my work is about and then show you examples of representative pieces. I make large-scale tufted wool wall pieces and, on a more intimate scale, pieced organdy constructions sewn onto acrylic. My approach is intuitive [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marthaopdahl.com&amp;blog=4371140&amp;post=69&amp;subd=marthaopdahl&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing my work&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Opdahl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to my site. I am an artist working in fiber in studios in New Mexico and Indiana. I am using this venue to bring my artwork to a wider audience. I&#8217;ve considered having a website, but ultimately wanted something less &#8220;official&#8221; and careerist; more informal and personal. Some channel in which I could control [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marthaopdahl.com&amp;blog=4371140&amp;post=9&amp;subd=marthaopdahl&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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