Spring Shibori

Spring is pretty much standard weather in Miami but I guess I still function with my New York state of mind and all of a sudden I'm emptying drawers and tidying up closets and clearing clutter as if compelled by the season. I also go to my studio for my pots and pans, my silk or cotton and my hope that something good will come out of my labors. I dip a piece of cloth into the pot of Indigo dye which I had set up in the patio under the bougainvillea. My two cats watched me from the studio and the dogs napped uninterested close by. I stirred the pot slowly waiting for the transformation to occur before fishing out the wrapped and pressed cloth. It occurred to me at that moment that they used to kill women like me in Salem. Alchemy of course is part of what I do and the appearance of magic is all around me. It is very comforting to know that one can make something beautiful with so little. Here's some of my work. Preparation is key.

This is the witches' pot

Some of the results. I've names this one "Sakura"

This one is "Cosmos"

"Anemones

These are a couple of the scarves I made this morning

...and to finish off...some purple Shibori