Thursday 5 April 2012

of storytelling, magic and golden silence

firstly this treasure from TED
too delightful not to share



and
magic of a different kind
as we bloom from white













to something else entirely


dress sewn from 1.5 metres of silk broadcloth
[only unused piece of fabric being the neckhole
which should have become a pocket
but i needed a dress in a hurry..so much for slowness]

coloured with leaves gathered from a street gutter

lastly a pearl of wisdom from a chocolate wrapper


the English text is perhaps a little harsh
in this instance i find the French version more appealing
 

and the chocolate [Italian]
was delicious thank you


have a lovely weekend, wherever you are

15 comments:

  1. That dress is stunning, love the way you placed the leaves.

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    1. happy chance, really..and of course the magic of eucalyptus, it prints from both sides...

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  2. India - you are magic!

    xox - eb.

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  3. oh, the dress is pure loveliness. would love to see it modeled! :)

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  4. Wonderful mirror images... and for some reason I'm starting to see cave paintings of the tree of life and elks and such.

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  5. I had to laugh when you wrote you needed the dress in a hurry and yet you sewed and dyed it yourself. I do understand that that's what you do, but still can't seem to figure "hurry" into the equation.

    ~Faith
    Airy Nothing

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  6. I'm new to your blog. I have both of your books! Love them. While I don't always work in cloth I am a wanderer. Have done a little dyeing with plants and veggies I grow. I consider myself an experimenter, playing with objects I find or those who love me, bring to me. I hope I can see you when you come to Cleveland Ohio!!

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    1. well thank you very much, that's very kind. experimenting and play are the best ways of discovering magic

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  7. Love it India.....looking forward to seeing you in UK later in yearxlynda

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  8. Love the dress, you really are quite a genius at this natural dying and making stuff.....Off to look on local library catalogue for natural dying techniques......

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  9. Leaves from a gutter left those wonderful impressions on your cloth cum dress? amazing..

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  10. Magician, maker of potions and brews, surprising but not because you are a wizard of cloth. I adore that dress. Do not bring it to Aotearoa. It will never leave! Whew. I love Ted Talks. So many amazing people all weaving their stories and knowledge. x

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  11. look at that ! . . right on the ball you are - with all the ''mirror'' images from McQueen and mary katrantzou . . genius X

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