Tag: silk cocoons

Hold the Date : Textile Art Alliance Fall Boutique and Fashion Show

Hold the Date : Textile Art Alliance Fall Boutique and Fashion Show

It’s already October, and wow… the year is flying.  October signals for me one of the most interesting and fun events of the year.  I am so blessed to be invited back to the Textile Art Alliance Boutique and Fashion Show at Lander haven on 

Surprising interest in silk earrings

Surprising interest in silk earrings

On a whim I began working with silk cocoons to create something unique, and nothing you might find on the internet or in the world.  Unique, special, odd, and unusual.  I searched the internet intensely, looking at all of the ways people work with silk 

More silk cocoon earrings

More silk cocoon earrings

There is something quite mesmerizing about working with silk cocoons.  The possibilities seem to be endless, and the potential of colors as vast as the silk dye palate I have.  But that platinum dye is a favorite.  It seems to fit the textures and the 

Silk Cocoons

Silk Cocoons

Different, unusual, exotic…. not the run of the mill.  If there has been a theme in my art it has been to find niches that are not utilized often… doing things others do not choose to create, or blending several mediums into a new form