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Midsummer Night Dress
My latest creation! The silk is from saris that I found several years ago in Calcutta, deconstructed, and then dyed with Indigo and...
medowne
Aug 9, 2017


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May 2, 2017


Seasons of My Garden
These "Seasons of My Garden" dresses ~ September, November, May, February, were exhibited at Artemis Gallery in Deep Cove in July 2012....
medowne
Jul 6, 2016


Transparent Silks
I love the ethereal, transparent qualities of these Indian silks. I've used Indigo, Persimmon and Logwood natural dyes, followed by...
medowne
Mar 14, 2016


More Scarves with Natural Dyes and Shibori
I’ve been working with silk from India, experimenting with combinations of Indigo, Persimmon, Rust, Logwood and Pomegranate natural dyes...
medowne
Jul 22, 2015


Indigo/Shibori/Silk
This Indigo/Shibori/Silk Scarf is a good example of a few of the reasons why I fell madly in love with “Textile Arts”. Silk is definitely...
medowne
Jul 20, 2015


Silk gauze
I've started working with silk gauze. Dyeing it. Sewing it. Learning how to manipulate it. The silk gauze is so fragile it feels like...
medowne
Apr 12, 2015


Jamdani Dyed with Indigo and Rust
This is a piece of silk Jamdani fabric that I brought back from Calcutta last February. Jamdani weaving is found in Bengal and...
medowne
Mar 6, 2015


Indigo
During my recent trip to India I bought a number of exquisite silk scarves, mostly from Calcutta and Bengal. I've dyed them with Indigo...
medowne
Feb 22, 2015


Persimmon
Lately I have been working with Japanese Persimmon Dye. It produces a gorgeous chestnut brown that combines beautifully with Indigo....
medowne
Jan 4, 2015


Logwood and Pomegranate
I've been dyeing more scarves using a combination of logwood and pomegranate natural dyes on silk/rayon devoré and a silk/cotton blend...
medowne
Nov 13, 2014


Silk Scarves with Natural Dyes
I have been dyeing a series of silk scarves with combinations of Indigo, Rust and Blood Root/Sanguineria Canadensis.
medowne
Aug 6, 2014


Indigo Dyeing in Tokyo
I spent an amazing 10 days in May at Bryan Whitehead's in Fujino, Japan. japanesetextileworkshops.blogspot.ca During my stay with Bryan...
medowne
Jul 2, 2014


Embroidery: Dappled Things
This embroidery sampler is based on a drawing I made in my garden. It was inspired by the poem "Pied Beauty" by Gerard Manley Hopkins. ...
medowne
Mar 1, 2014


Dreaming on a Summer's Day
Silk Fusion and Embroidery One of my favourite summer pastimes is lying under a tree, looking up through a canopy of leaves at a blue...
medowne
Jul 1, 2013


Fuzzy Orifices~Spring
I'm working on a series of "Fuzzy Orifices", that will combine crocheted flowers with knitted shapes that evoke plant forms, body parts...
medowne
Mar 22, 2013
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