Work in progress: silk painting

Still working on this piece. Hand embroidery takes a long time.

Various pieces and types of dyed or painted silk were fused onto a background and being "painted" with embroidery thread. You'll have to click on the photo to see any details.

Re-doing the calla lilies scarf

I finished the scarf. Just need to wax and get the gutta out.

The calla lilies scarf is getting redone since the last one just didn't turn out the way I wanted.

Silk painting using wax as resist

This is a work in progress. Layers and layers of soy wax alternating with silk dyes. It's very time consuming and I can't wait to see how it'll turn out. That's corn syrup on the bottom portion creating the circular patterns.

And new stuff...

Waxed forest,
another swirl scarf

Avocado swirl scarf

Something old

Winged Vessel made about 28 years ago.

Works in progress

Works in progress

Taking photos of works in progress helps me "see" the work in a new light. This helps me make changes to the paintings.

Light as air silk chiffon

Covering up a moth hole with needle felting

My sister's boiled wool jacket had a pretty good sized moth eaten hole in the sleeve. I covered it up with needlefelting and some embroidery.

Black and white scarf