Spirit of Autumn

The Spirit of the autumn is on the way..

a gentle soul.

I'll have a little break

hope to visit the marvelous Hebrides

..

i already had a word with Mr Weather.

It should be fine!

back soon !

GONE DREAMING.

Textile dying experiments

It has been a busy time

trying out new colors and techniques

just using books or internet

toward the dream to create 

my own textile backgrounds

for my artwork..

stretching habotai silk

measuring an all that precision stuff

creating colors charts

And putting them on canvas

At the moment I'm not sure if it could work at all

I've been investigating for years

about natural dyeing, screen printing and other related crafts

This Procion Mx, chemical dyes  which can color natural fibers

seem to me to create to much pollution to the water...

so i feel to  use it rarely .

I am trying now disperse dyes, always chemical,

but which do not require water.

The color is transferred by heat.

Let's see..

I of course do not abandon the idea 

of using already made beautiful brocades and so on, 

as I've been doing for few years now!

New Items for the Etsy Shop!

Have a look to my Etsy shop!

It's growing well !!

Inspiring ART

This

work/world  is really inspiring

Samantha Bryan

is a real artist .

Look at 

this video 

and you will love her work too!

the Healing Festival 2015

It was a sunny and beautiful day

i met nice people and had good fun

 my work in the Botanic garden

felt at home

and i was so lucky to be just near 

the Harp on Wight crew...harp music all day!

what a treat 

Just under this indian bean tree, i stayed all day...

it was in blossom and its flowers

were just a blissful treasure !

and I have been announced part of the 

ETSY Christmas Market in Portsmouth 

( it might have been the first card i sold , the snowy one, to bring me luck!)

Simple treasures

A meadow evening walk

revealed its beauty

simple and rich

summer is at its end,  

 and the light is beautiful here

Healing Festival 2015

I'll be present

at the Healing festival 2015 

at Ventnor Botanic garden ( Isle of Wight, UK )

15th August 10am -6 pm

with my cards, prints and more

come to visit... it will be 

an inspiring day!

Silk thread Dyeng

One of my new experiments

is to dye my own threads.

With special colors 

and the help of a dedicated 

microwave

 Silk can't go over 85°, 

so it was a bit tricky to find the right setting of the oven

( I might have fund it though)

It is a beautiful technique, 

but remember is quite difficult to control the shades totally, 

as dyeing is more like an alchemy!

The new

After the dream of books,

 a new dream starts: to dye and create my own background textiles.

 And as the previous, this field is to me completely new...and the new is made of times of research, experiments, where it is important to hold on to your dream, in despite of "failures", and the times you seem to not to get anywhere... to discover the new , faith is required. 

But the dream is always there, smiling to you, and ready with HIS hand 

kiki emoti