This evocative mixed-media painting began with artist Jan Jahnke applying a gesso base for texture
It includes a water-clear sparkling 8X6mm rose-cut Arkansas quartz that can be traced from mine to market
It is based on a small piece of Picasso marble
using copper wire and copper stripes instead of fabric
Part of artist Barry Guthertz's ongoing "Floraphilia" project—featured multiple times in prestigious Lenswork Magazine—this vivid color photograph is truly stunning
Inkblot Pattern Velvet Pillow - Rose, Standard A148910 This evocative mixed-media painting beganEach of these pillows is a work of art, hand dyed in the ancient Japanese shibori tradition and displaying variations of an expressive "Inkblot" pattern. The silk velvet face is cut and folded by hand before being dipped repeatedly in indigoeach immersion building toward a rich, luminous bluethen oxidized, set, hand washed, and dried. Backed in gray linen and filled with a locally made down insert, every pillow is sustainably hand dyed and sewn.