Silk painting was next on the agenda and we tried out various techniques: using gutta, wet on wet, wet on dry, torn paper as a resist, salting the wet paint, painting whilst drying at the same time with a hair dryer to prevent the different colours running into one another. My particular favourite was tie-dye.

Above is a silk scarf that I tie-dyed. I am hoping to define the flower shapes with free-machining.

This hanging (using a long silk scarf) was tie-dyed to try and re-create the Love in a Mist and Californinan Poppies that were growing outside the studio. I also want to free-machine onto this.