Silk Pillow Extravaganza!

Today was the second 'painted pillow' class I've taught at Bellevue Community College for their Art Zone program. The students used a pre-embroidered pillow cover as a template for a thread-resist painting technique. The technique works because silk fabric is stitched with silk thread over silk batting. This combination allows painting with the silk dyes to create a faux-applique effect.

Mostly I wanted to show the 'works in progress' that the students did - bearing in mind that they were even more impressive when they were completed! My camera battery ran out of juice so I had to quickly take them before the artists were finished.