Hyperlocal Color
Hyperlocal Color
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Foraging dye materials from my immediate environment is central to my practice. I dye reclaimed silk using plant “debris” that seems to have little to offer but that yields a surprisingly wide-ranging archive of color.
the pouring river
the pouring river
reclaimed silk dyed with foraged camellia petals, foraged twigs, handpainted paper, beeswax, handstitch
9 in x 12 in
sunbeat
sunbeat
reclaimed silk dyed with foraged iris and butterfly bush flowers, wool dyed with eucalyptus leaves
8 in x 10 in
radiant rialto
radiant rialto
reclaimed silk dyed with butterfly bush flowers, foraged twigs, found paper, handstitch
8.5 in x 11 in
stacked to the rafters
stacked to the rafters
reclaimed silk dyed with foraged iris, poppy, and Oregon grape; birch twigs, handstitch
8 in x 10 in
the ladder that forgot itself
the ladder that forgot itself
reclaimed silk dyed with foraged iris, sticks, handmade paper cylinders, thread
5 in x 7 in
bonfire
bonfire
reclaimed silk dyed with foraged poppy and walnut, handmade paper cylinders
5 in x 7 in
intervals of return
intervals of return
reclaimed silk dyed with foraged poppies, sticks, handmade paper cylinders, thread
8 in x 8 in
safe harbor
safe harbor
reclaimed silk dyed with foraged iris, handmade bamboo-cottonwood paper with embedded thread
4 in x 6 in x 5.6 in
"botanical signature" series
"botanical signature" series
reclaimed silk dyed with foraged poppy, butterfly bush, rhododendron, camellia, and iris; foraged sticks; thread (on birch panels)
5 x 7 in and 5 x 5 in
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