I’m working on a new commission for the woman with whom my Saraswati thangka lives.
This one is personal, nontraditional.
I love the movement of this water. The waves were a challenge to stitch… so many little curves… and the white thread is so delicate it breaks after every few stitches!
It’s designed to reflect themes of darkness and light, open spaces and narrow places… themes that have arisen in the patron’s life and which we explored in retreat together.
Fluffy clouds always make me happy… in the sky and in my work. The forms are so gentle, the colors soft, the stitching an easy pleasure.
It’s fun to work with a variety of fabrics
It all starts with fabric… well, no, I suppose it starts earlier, with the silkworm and the cotton plant and the workers and their parents… and all the way back through beginningless time.
Dancing lotus blossoms 🙂
I’m enjoying this new process. Always curious as to what will emerge. Still not sure what shape the finished piece will take.
Fertile mud, leafy moisture, pristine lotus emerging.
Open space of possibility. Waiting only for the sun.
Stay tuned…
