India Denali Designs

liked it! I walked into that class without any idea what to do, and 5 hours later walked out with a scarf in hand. It was extremely fast paced and we had to use inferior quality dyes but I have a beautiful scarf with 4 African Oryx walking across it. Between 2000 and now, I took a few years off (8 or so) and in 2010 found a used professional steamer, and I started thinking about painting silk professionally. So far I work slowly and methodically and love to watch the colors flow on the fabric. For those who paint it is like painting a watercolor painting just 10 times harder. (because the dye doesn't stop moving for 10 minutes or so, it will continue to change and shift until it is dry)

My inspiration is nature, color, music, language, imagination, dance, ancient cave art to present day artists, space images and much more. It's a fun process with many steps involved. I have a few patterns (like the wolves and quilt blocks) but I also like to draw freehand on the silk. Every scarf is unique even if I follow a pattern I drew, the colors will always be different.