Distillation of Techniques

Distillation of techniques....its been on my mind lately. Last term in the textile arts program I spent on product development and really delving in and exploring 2 techniques....the first was working with kozo and the second cloque......how sad that that opportunity will not be available for any more advanced students....I am really grateful for the time that I had in that wonderful creative environment with instructors that give freely of their knowledge but also challenge you to push further and develop your own creative practice....It occurs to me that I have benefited from the distillation of exploration of many textile artists before me as a result of the program....to get to this skill level on your own would take a lifetime of textile experiments.....and I continue on from there.....I am currently making cloques scarves....pushing the technique and discovering what it will do..I have 2 big shows coming up and I am working on designing some signature pieces as well as a basic line of offerings Here are 2 scarves screened with cleanline resist and embellished with singed poly using freeform embroidery......multi process textiles...this is an experiment with a loose weave cotton with a repeating metallic thread in the warp........we shall wait and see how they turn out after being cloqued.