Full-size drawings for the 24 x 45″ banners

Here’s a short update on what’s happening on the studio.

Basically, the design process for the banners has taken me much longer than I anticipated but it is finally starting to feel like things are moving along. Luckily, I had planned to have the banners completed done by the end of June so even though I’m 3-4 weeks behind my original schedule, I still have plenty of time.

I have final designs for 32 of the 33 banners and an initial color plalette of dyes. I have full size drawings of 12 of banners and am working on the color stories for all them. My lovely friend, Claire, came up from Santa Cruz to work with me this week and we have really moved the project forward. I received the silk this week and we under dyed fabric for the initial set of 12 banners. We started waxing the lines for those 12 yesterday and will finish that today. I will work on the final dye palette today and we should start dyeing this afternoon! Very exciting!

Pictures and then back to the studio!

more full-size drawings

under-dyeing the silk

studio shot of full-size drawings and some color studies

Claire working on the soy wax resist

detail of waxing one of the designs