About Wanda Kerr

Wanda Kerr likes to explore and reinvent the way we think about color and how we use it. If you like that as well, join her online teaching studio, The Welcome Mat. She’ll take you on adventures you only dream about. Buy Majic Carpet Dyes, take a class or two this summer, and find out all about what Wanda does for you at wandaworks.ca.

Articles by Wanda Kerr

The Color Lab: Three Ways to Delicious Darkness

When I first started dyeing, I lusted after effects I saw in other pigment-oriented art forms, like paintings or quilts. I would see layers of colors in dark areas that ... Read More

The Color Lab: One Pan One Project

Long ago, I bought all the back issues of Joan Moshimer’s wonderful rug hooking magazine, News and Views. That is where I saw an idea that has intrigued me for ... Read More

The Color Lab: Fresh Tints

In paint mixing, a tint is a tiny bit of color with lots of white added. In dyeing, white is our natural-colored wool, and when we add the tiniest amount ... Read More

The Color Lab: The Gray Academy

Candidates for The Gray Academy lurk at the bottom of our stashes and in the forgotten corners of our wool closets. We welcome them because their wool is the best ... Read More

The Color Lab: Colors to Dye For: One Dozen Oranges

For many years I didn’t use my orange dye very often. One day I realized I was ignoring it and spent the whole day playing. Is orange the dye you ... Read More

The Color Lab: Colors to Dye For: The Secrets of Elusive Yellows

Is there any more difficult color to dye than yellow? We look for warm yellows but we are inundated with cool yellow dye colors. When we want to reduce yellow’s ... Read More

The Color Lab: Playing the Blues

Not all blues are created equal—and in this issue’s Color Lab, we’re exploring how to turn bright, saturated dyes into subtle, soulful hues perfect for skies, water, and old-fashioned rugs. ... Read More

The Color Lab: Colors to Dye For: Enriching Your Dyeing Experience

Let’s say you’ve been dyeing for a while—maybe even quite a while—and you’ve begun to feel stuck. You might be making the same colors repeatedly—purposely or accidently. You might be ... Read More

The Color Lab: Colors to Dye For

HURON SUNSET, 24" x 14", #3-#8-cut wool and hand torn strips on linen. Designed and hooked by Wanda Kerr, Wiarton, Ontario, 2001. PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF WANDA KERR Part One: Slow Cooker ... Read More

The Color Lab: Chartreuse in All Its Guises

Imagine this: You’re in rug class hooking away and your instructor comes along and suggests you need a bit of chartreuse to spark up your rug. Alarm bells go off. ... Read More

About Wanda Kerr

Articles by Wanda Kerr

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