Based on a Japanese system of paper cutting, adapted for fabric, using both cotton and mixed fibres.
Machine quilted and hand beaded.
- 132cm x 132cm
- Japanese paper cutting
- Cotton
- Machine quilted
- Beaded
Based on a Japanese system of paper cutting, adapted for fabric, using both cotton and mixed fibres.
Machine quilted and hand beaded.
Based on information taken from the book ‘The Celtic Wisdom of Trees’ by Jane Gifford, about the tree associated with my birth date – the Elder. The associations are dark, with reminders of ‘death’ and ‘the inevitable’, witches hide in their trunks and the wood will not burn well: associated colours are dark green and black! However it isn’t all bad news – the tree has healing properties and it provided elder flowers to make cordial or champagne. The berries also make a good natural dye with alum and salt used as mordants.
Cotton and silk fabrics and silk floss – some dyed: machine piecing, applique, free-machine quilting and hand beading.