tapestries: nature
Each of these works portrays some little detail I noticed on my daily walks through the woods, in a field, on a beach...
ROOTS
2010, 16" x 20", hand-dyed silk, merino wool, glass seed beads, mounted on Japanese paper 
ROOTS, detail
hand-dyed silk, merino wool, glass seed beads, mounted on Japanese paper
SPRING FLOWERS
2010, 30" x 27", hand-dyed silk, merino wool, silk lace, machine stitched with rayon thread 
SPRING FLOWERS, detail
hand-dyed silk, merino wool, silk lace, machine stitched with rayon thread
SEA SHELLS
2010, 31" x 28", silk organza, merino wool, glass seed beads, machine-stitched with cotton and polyester threads 
SEA SHELLS, detail
silk organza, merino wool, glass seed beads, machine-stitched with cotton and polyester threads
CHERRY BLOSSOMS
2010, 22 x 24", merino wool, hand-dyed silks, wool boucle yarns, glass seed beads, rayon and silk threads 
CHERRY BLOSSOMS, detail
merino wool, hand-dyed silks, wool boucle yarns, glass seed beads, rayon and silk threads