Photos of Corbetts Glen

Begining with a painted background, I have stitched, with the sewing machine, the details of  the foreground.

A view of Corbetts Glen

A Photograph taken one  afternoon in Corbetts Glen

Inspiration for new pieces.

On a walk in Corbetts Glen in Brighton NY, one summer day, I took photographs that I would use as the basis for my work.

First I sketched out my design, and focusing on certain areas, capturing the sunlight filtering through the trees. This was then sketched again onto the plain silk. Resist was applied to outline the basic design, this allows me to apply silk paint to the silk, without the colors bleeding. The dyes are fixed by ironing and then the silk is washed. It is now ready, for me to begin adding the stitches.