I had the absolute pleasure last week of creating a work of art on a beautiful blank silk shawl made of chiffon edged with gorgeous silk satin. Although I’ve done a lot of batik work on silk, I have never explored this option on chiffon and so this was my first adventure in that arena. […]
Yesterday was the deadline for entry to the Silk & Art relaunch giveaway. I was offering one of my handpainted silk cushion covers to one lucky person in the draw. Well today I put all the names in the hat and drew one out. And guess whose name was on the piece of paper I […]
I’m feeling really drawn to pink these days and love being able to fully express that through my silk art. This latest piece was a batik silk with a mottled undercoat of 2 shades with lots of the natural silk shimmering through. I next created a heart design using wax and gave the whole scarf […]
Today I had fun again playing with the salt effect. Yesterday I sold a really vibrant scarf I painted a few days ago and since it was so popular, I have decided to keep on offering it as a made-to-order piece. Each one, of course, turns out very differently, depending on the colours I use, […]