This one-of-a-kind oversized silk veil is a portrait of the Southern California kelp forest, created from real ocean botanicals, sunlight, and hand-carved printmaking.
Measuring an expansive 45" × 144", the veil is sun printed with Feather Boa Kelp, Giant Kelp, Bull Kelp, and bladderwrack, preserving the sweeping blades, branching forms, air bladders, ruffled edges, and intricate structures of the actual specimens across twelve feet of sheer silk.
Swimming through the botanical composition are Garibaldi fish printed from original linocut stamps that I carved by hand, bringing the brilliant, iconic inhabitants of California’s kelp forests into the piece.
The ultra-light 5mm silk is exceptionally sheer and fluid. In motion, the long veil billows, spirals, trails, and folds back over itself, allowing the layers of kelp and fish to continually appear and disappear through the translucent fabric.
Each ocean botanical is individually gathered, arranged directly onto the silk, and exposed to sunlight through the cyanotype process. The resulting print records the individual contours and textures of each specimen. The Garibaldi are then added from my hand-carved blocks, combining botanical contact printing with traditional relief printmaking.
Because the artwork is made from actual natural specimens and printed individually by hand, this composition cannot be exactly reproduced.
Details
• 45" × 144" oversized silk veil
• Ultra-light 5mm silk
• Hand-sun-printed cyanotype
• Real Feather Boa Kelp (Egregia menziesii)
• Real Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)
• Real Bull Kelp
• Real bladderwrack
• Original hand-carved Garibaldi linocut prints
• Ocean botanicals gathered along the Southern California coast
• Each botanical composition arranged individually by hand
• Delicate rolled hems hand sewn with silk thread
• Sheer, luminous, and exceptionally fluid in motion
• One-of-a-kind textile artwork
• Created for dance, theatrical performance, photography, ceremony, flow arts, and decorative display
A twelve-foot kelp forest in motion, filled with the botanical forms of the Pacific and a school of hand-carved Garibaldi swimming through the silk.
For dance, theatrical, ceremonial, photography, and decorative use. Keep away from open flame and high heat sources.
This one-of-a-kind oversized silk veil is a portrait of the Southern California kelp forest, created from real ocean botanicals, sunlight, and hand-carved printmaking.
Measuring an expansive 45" × 144", the veil is sun printed with Feather Boa Kelp, Giant Kelp, Bull Kelp, and bladderwrack, preserving the sweeping blades, branching forms, air bladders, ruffled edges, and intricate structures of the actual specimens across twelve feet of sheer silk.
Swimming through the botanical composition are Garibaldi fish printed from original linocut stamps that I carved by hand, bringing the brilliant, iconic inhabitants of California’s kelp forests into the piece.
The ultra-light 5mm silk is exceptionally sheer and fluid. In motion, the long veil billows, spirals, trails, and folds back over itself, allowing the layers of kelp and fish to continually appear and disappear through the translucent fabric.
Each ocean botanical is individually gathered, arranged directly onto the silk, and exposed to sunlight through the cyanotype process. The resulting print records the individual contours and textures of each specimen. The Garibaldi are then added from my hand-carved blocks, combining botanical contact printing with traditional relief printmaking.
Because the artwork is made from actual natural specimens and printed individually by hand, this composition cannot be exactly reproduced.
Details
• 45" × 144" oversized silk veil
• Ultra-light 5mm silk
• Hand-sun-printed cyanotype
• Real Feather Boa Kelp (Egregia menziesii)
• Real Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)
• Real Bull Kelp
• Real bladderwrack
• Original hand-carved Garibaldi linocut prints
• Ocean botanicals gathered along the Southern California coast
• Each botanical composition arranged individually by hand
• Delicate rolled hems hand sewn with silk thread
• Sheer, luminous, and exceptionally fluid in motion
• One-of-a-kind textile artwork
• Created for dance, theatrical performance, photography, ceremony, flow arts, and decorative display
A twelve-foot kelp forest in motion, filled with the botanical forms of the Pacific and a school of hand-carved Garibaldi swimming through the silk.
For dance, theatrical, ceremonial, photography, and decorative use. Keep away from open flame and high heat sources.
