In 2004 I worked on a series of scrolls. The imagery was recorded from my dreams, then silk-screened or painted onto silk. Traditional Japanese scrolls consist of an image painted on silk which is mounted onto paper. My scrolls are long linear silk hangings, double-sided, with a central area of imagery, layered over with resist dyed shibori fabrics on the back and sides. I used long running stitches to produce a line which reminded me of drawing and served to bind together the layers of fabric.
The initial inspiration for the scrolls came from a dream in which I traveled through a most beautiful landscape of red hills and turquoise waves to a very simple but ornate building, much like the Japanese shrines that I had visited as a child in Japan. Here I was greeted by a woman that I refer to as my muse. Later she was to present me with a scroll. In pursuing this dream the personal version of the dream scroll appeared in my work.
The initial inspiration for the scrolls came from a dream in which I traveled through a most beautiful landscape of red hills and turquoise waves to a very simple but ornate building, much like the Japanese shrines that I had visited as a child in Japan. Here I was greeted by a woman that I refer to as my muse. Later she was to present me with a scroll. In pursuing this dream the personal version of the dream scroll appeared in my work.
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