Painted habotai silk hanging, with tumbling, opening pink silk rectangles, free-machine quilted and embellished with silk floss, and, of course, just one feather.
- 108cm x 50cm
- Painted
- Habotai Silk
- Tumbling
- Free machine quilted
- Silk floss
Painted habotai silk hanging, with tumbling, opening pink silk rectangles, free-machine quilted and embellished with silk floss, and, of course, just one feather.
Painted habotai silk hanging, with wind blown leaves and the suggestion of a cobweb, free-machine quilted and embellished with silk floss, and, of course, just one feather.
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.