New Explorations
Hello Friends, I’ve been playing around with a lot of different mediums lately. I can’t seem to settle down and focus on any one thing right now. Ma...
Tag: natural dyes
Ephemeral Art
Greetings Friends! Although I often paint with bright colors, I’ve been enjoying the quiet hues of natural dyes lately. I love the charcoal grays, rust br...
Madder on Hemp
I really like the colors of madder root on hemp fabric — done with solar dyeing, and I let it sit about a week in full sun. The unevenness of it is pretty...
Recent Leaf Prints
Holy Moly! Look at the color of these leaf prints on lightweight silk scarves that I unbundled this morning. It’s Loquat, Euclayptus and Catalina Fernleaf...
Finished Woven Scarf
And here is the finished scarf! It’s an experimental project for my rigid heddle weaving group. Our assignment was to weave a scarf using a rigid heddle l...
Weaving the Design
I’m starting to weave the weft of the scarf. I thought you might like to see it in progress. Yes, the selvedges are funky. They shouldn’t be loose, ...
Weaving Up a Storm
I’m having trouble finding a contractor to build my new art studio, and in the meantime I don’t have a place to paint. Evidently it’s the busy...
Silk Scarves Available for Holiday Gifts
I have a lovely collection of one-of-a-kind scarves created using fallen leaves that I gather on neighborhood walks. The leaves are pressed and steamed against ...