Thursday, December 9, 2010

A dance with needle and thread


Butterfly Dream

length: 237cm

materials: silk-rayon woven gauze fabric, felted with merino wool fleece and raw silk roving; embellished with silk and cotton embroidery floss

dye: material dyed with fuscia procion mx cellulose fibre reactive dye; fleece and silk roving dyed with cochineal* from Maiwa Supply on Granville Island (imported from Mexico, Central and South America and the Canary Islands).

Inspiration: femininity, universal love and diffusing disorder