This is breathtakingly beautiful, from the vivid colours to their deeper meaning. I wouldn't have know it was silk if you hadn't told me. Is it considerably harder to paint on silk than a regular canvas/paper?
I think it's amazing to share this with everyone under the creative commons license. I'd like to remix this awesome art sometime when I find the time.
Thanks so much for your appreciation @soulturtle.
Not so much harder, just a different technique to play with. The dyes spread in a similar way to watercolour pigment on a wet watercolour paper only more evenly.
A resist called Guta is used, similar to wax used in Batik. As long as it totally penetrated the silk it acted as a barrier to the spreading of the dye. Too much water and you end up with nasty dark lines. Not enough guta and you end up with colours leaking.
Most artists weren't so concerned about the leaking guta and excess dye marks etc. but I was attempting to 'perfect' these technical aspects and through a lot of trial and error worked out how to do this.
I'd be absolutely delighted if you want to use this or any of the other images I'll be sharing of my silk paintings. Please let me know so I can see what you do.
TIME ~ Everyone I speak to seems to want more of it. It's becoming one of the most precious 'commodities' on our planet. ⚖️
It seems like you've perfected silk painting techniques. It looks so clean and neat you can't tell it's actually on fabric. The only experience I have with silk and colour is through a shibori workshop which was awesome. Doing something like this must definitely take a lot of practice to get right.
So as soon as I saw this, I wanted to try out something with it. You're absolutely right about time. It's the most valuable resource yet it doesn't really exist. This last month has just flown by. I kept this on the back burner for a long time, but finally got down to getting some colab art done.
Colab Art Through Steemit with @allyinspirit
I wrote a post on it which I've linked here if you'd like to see.
I did a little shibori work too Soul Turtle and loved it ~ Have a leaning towards all the Japanese arts as well as indigo dying.
I'm so pleased you could find the time to propell Living in Bliss into another rebirth.
Loved this image and the last two in particular. Collaboration certainly brings in some amazing surprises. What you have done has inspired me to work with some of my own images again too. Resteemed your post.
I'm going to share another of my paintings on silk, perhaps in this coming week now. Will be delighted to share and give your collaboration a mention. ♥︎♥︎🦋♥︎♥︎
Glad you liked my reinterpretations . Your art is quite awe inspiring.
Revisiting old art can be great. I've feel like my art is always evolving and going back to older drawings can reveal new perspective. You should also check out Mirror Lab if you have a smartphone. It's fairly easy to use and can create a myriad of possibilities by combining effects.
I'd love to see more of your silk art and the process behind creating something like this. Looking forward to those posts!
Thanks a lot @soulturtle.
I have some collages that were done after my silk painting phase. I want to work with them before sharing them. So it could be interesting to see the transition that Mirror Lab could bring to them.
Unfortunately I didn't photograph the stages of my work when I was painting on silk and so I only have the final images. Hoping to present another this week: The Inland Desert. 🦋