Secret Heart with Key

6"x6" oil on canvas
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Yoshiko Wada Workshop at SPIN Conference

The two day workshop with Yoshiko Wada was crammed with many techniques that were fascinating and gave interesting dyeing results. We stitched, we tied, we de-gummed silk and dyed.

Silk Painters International Conference in Santa Fe, NM

Sunset in Santa Fe

And below right, the amazing silk artist Lee Zimmerman paints behind the silk "screen."

Two of my kimono jackets in the fashion show

Flying Heart or Heart Flying Away?

Or did you set it free?

original oil painting on gallery wrap canvas

6"x6"

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Gingko Leaves Falling Against a Blue Sky

10"x10" oil on gallery wrap canvas

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Gingko Leaves Original Oil Painting

10"x10" oil on gallery wrap canvas

Silk Kimono Jacket Hand Dyed

Silk crepe de chine fabric dyed and made into this:

Gingko Leaves Abstract Oil Painting

Another 10"x10" in the gingko leaves series. This one is a much lighter background with more intensely colored leaves.

Silk Jar

The dyed silk from the previous post became this silk jar with lid.

Design Challenge!

I didn't pre-wash the fabric. I didn't heat set the metallic gutta. Now I have leaks everywhere! I knew this was going to happen, lazy me. Or maybe I needed a "design challenge?" I will sleep on it and see what inspires me tomorrow....