"Lost Treasures"66" x 17", silk
This is not a natural bloom or blossom but a Silk Carving© about the natural treasures such as blooms and blossoms and trees that are lost in our world. Thus it is called "Lost Treasures" . Taking photos is a passion of mine (as you may have realized in the meanwhile) , but often "only" a tool that I use as pre-work for my main tasks as a painter, sculptor and textile artist. As such I try to set little reminders from time to time of our natural treasures which need to be preserved.
This Silk Carving is a bas-relief made from one single piece of silk, sculptured into a wall art piece in a technique that I invented. As a symbol for the many acres of rain forest that have been burned to ashes on our planet I added blackened pieces of cork. I also burned real holes into this piece (this was the scary part of the art work - after hundreds of hours of stitching and stuffing I did not want it to become a torch).
The piece belongs to a series about Hawaiian Symbols...
Here are a couple of detail photos:
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8 comments:
Oh my Petra, you never cease to amaze me! I went on your web site and enjoyed seeing all of your incredible photos, and I loved your deadly sins series. I look forward to seeing more of those drawings.
Bye the way, thank you for visiting my work, and for your kind remarks. Holy, Holy, Holy - is a 28"x30" painting. It is much more involved than the little painting below. I enjoyed making it.
After looking at your photos for the past month or so, you inspired me to work more delicately in one small painting I just finished last night. It's called "Ouch" I'll probably put it up sometime next week or within 2 weeks.
This silk relief is incredible Petra. It is a Wow!
Thank you so much Veronica for your kind words. Look forward to your next paintings.
I spent at least half an hour staring at the detail in this piece and feel like I could like at it for hours more. All that was just for photographs of the original artwork so I can only imagine how beautiful the creation itself is.
wonderful work Petra...
the process behind the carving is fascinating...
SO UNIQUE!!!
I love the colour harmonies throughout..
Kalilea - you made me laugh - thank you for the sweet compliment!
Kim, thank you again for your kind words. It makes me happy that fellow artists find things interesting that I am doing!
Stunning work Petra!
Hi Deborah - thank you for your compliment. It's one of my favourite works with deep emotions...
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