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Midwinter/Midsummer
These paintings "Midwinter Frost" and "Midsummer Night" represent two very opposite seasons in my garden. The paintings are about absence...
medowne
May 1, 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


Alstroemeria
I've been drawing and painting Alstroemeria. There is a wonderful loose softness, messiness, blowsiness to them that I love! Used some...
medowne
Jun 10, 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


Hollyhocks
Hollyhocks, in bud, before they have bloomed. Hollyhock, in bloom Last year in early August I spent some time in the village of Caseneuve in the Luberon in southern France. Hollyhocks were growing everywhere, a riot of Hollyhocks (Rose Tremiere in french). They seem to have the ability to grow anywhere that there is the smallest bit of soil, amongst paving stones, beside houses, between broken bits of pavement.
medowne
Apr 13, 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
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