Friday 2 May 2008

Fish and Fowl: or the fun that can be had with silk paper


Work with silk paper..old., originally uploaded by dogdaisy92.

The first time I ever made silk paper I stitched on it till I had this, loosely based on this early greek Vase Painting

You may notice that I was impatient for a particular piece of white to dry, so I put it on the plate warmer on my cooker. It burnt, but acquired a pleasing golden glow. (The plate warmer acquired a displeasing plastic blob.)


9 comments:

Terri Stegmiller said...

This is such a lovely piece. My favorite part is the three smaller square elements over on the right side.

Jackie said...

Mine too Terri, because of the burnt white!

arlee said...

SIGH.........

Margaret S said...

Hi Jackie, if you contact me via the email link on my profile page and give me your email address I can answer your questions. The message you left does not accept replies!! I can't seem to find your email address. x Mgt

Anonymous said...

Jackie this is a gorgeous piece.

Carol said...

Love your pieces, can see this is going to be a must read blog for me! How did you do the turquiose in the middle, is it fibre or did you colour up after the silk paper was made???

Jackie said...

Thank you for comments everyone. Carol I used coloured silk papers, and I think the bit you mean might be the little squares of dyed velvet I've applied. Let me know if its not.

Maureen said...

Fantastic has got to be the word to describe this piece - maureen x

gunnelsvensson said...

Beautiful! Like or your work!



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