In 1995 I took a break to raise my two children. I have taken some of my old silk patterns from my collection and recycled them into purses, bags, totes, pillows, sashes, and scarves. It’s a joy to rediscover these patterns from my past and work them into new items of “wearable art”.

In addition to working with my silk designs I have also been knitting now for quite a few years.  Please check out all the Happy Hats for little girls in the shop.  Each hat is one of a kind.  I never knit two hats alike.  That is part of the fun-mixing in all the different colors and textures to create an original work of art.  I also have hats for teens and adults and large and small purses with unusual buttons and lots of texture.

Please also notice my watercolor paintings and pastels and now acrylics, too.  Occasionally I do collage and mixed media pieces, both large and small, framed or unframed.  All my work is greatly influenced by years of painting textile designs.  I try to keep adding new things to the shop.  Just ask if you would like something special.  Enjoy!

The silk painting techniques I use originated in France and Japan. I work with 100% silk (crepe de chine, habotai, and chiffon), hand stitch the hems, and use top quality French fabric dyes, resists and setting agents. When working in the French serti technique, the design is drawn four times before painting begins. The Japanese technique, called shibori, is an intuitive and abstract process. Silk is bound very tightly to large poles and compressed before painting. The result is an intricate one of a kind pattern of color and shading that can never be re-created. All of the silks I create are one of a kind, hand washable and colorfast.