You might guess I changed my mind again. Not much time to think about which way should be up as I had about 20 minutes to spare when I walked into Jacoby Center today to deliver the piece. Decided on the original format.
Stippling in the rusted cotton which used to be a dishtowel of my mom's and meandering in the area below to define the elderberry impressions left during composting the silk. The lighter silk in the picture above was composted at a different time and once again I found rivers and topography in the walnut stains.
The finished piece with machine free motion stitching, some metallic threads, some rayon or silk thread and bead embellishment. The blue area is walnut composted sueded rayon that was indigo dyed this summer. The orange dress fabric also belonged to my mom. I think it is cotton, but it is very crisp.
