See the Sea Horses

I am finally posting a few new silks.  As you know I love the sea and its critters and these are fantasy sea horses. 11x60 haboti silk  $100.00

Black light Coral Reef

This silk is 35 x 35" and depicts a close up of coral with a black light on it. I painted this at the SPIN conference in Santa Fe in July. $150.00 When I tie the ends together, it makes a wonderful shawl.

Two More Paste Paper Style Silks

I am using thickened dyes on 11 x 60" silks. The first one was done with Red Label Jacquard and steamed for only an hour, so I over dyed it with more Tinfix yellow and then steamed for 3 hours. It came out much prettier. $40.00 Oops, second one is Sold.

Triangle flowers

The order was:  Blues and Flowers.  I barely had time to take a photo before this one was sold.

11 x 60" I will make another one similar.

Nature Colors with ABC's

Yet again, I am playing with thickened dyes and just swishing the colors on with a sponge.  After the silk is steamed I added the lettering with a gold resist.   8 x 72" Sold.

Paste paper style Abstract

 Just fun, bright colors here.  This is done in my famous paste paper style with a sponge and thickened dyes.  It looks 3-D, but, of course, isn't.  8 x 72" SOLD

Love Bugs

Another fun silk scarf.  This silks has little love bugs in a few spots, lots of other 'spots', and in general is bright and colorful.  As usual I have lettering around the border.  8 x 72"  $l00.00

No Resist Falling Leaves

This silk has the approval of Jan Janus.  I painted it with thickened dyes, no resists, and a few ladybugs.
It is a very subtle silk for my style.  8 x 72" SOLD

The Denver Art Museum, 9/14/13

SPUN, Silk Day at The Denver Art Museum, 9/14/13.  The Rocky Mt. SPIN members set up just outside of the D.A.M. main doors on the plaza.  The day was warm and sunny vs rainy and flooding.  I arrived at 9:15 and as soon as I set out my 2/3rd's finished silk on a frame, I had folks flocking by and asking questions.  My shift was from 10-12:00, but so many people were interested, that I just kept on talking, explaining and painting.  Some beautiful little models stopped by and posed for me with my silks.  Aren't they precious. The bottom photo is a mural set up by Jan Janus, my teacher and silk painting guru.  Folks could paint on it with natural dyes.  What a fine, fun day we had.

Silk Paint Class Info

Colorado Calligraphers' Guild Workshop
A TASTE OF SILK; Silk Painting with Jill Quillian
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2013
CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 3690 CHERRY CREEK S DRIVE AT GARFIELD
Have you ever touched a full brush to a fabric (silk) and watched the color flow? It is a Zen moment. Exploring the magic and challenges of silk painting will be our class goal.  Using liquid dyes from France, watercolor resists, and silk fabric as our painting surface, we will see dramatic serendipitous art appear before our eyes.  Loose calligraphic lettering or forms may be part of our designs or not?  We will paint a silk hoop, and one long scarf.  We will discuss design, resist, painting, steaming and/or dye set.
Jill Quillian has spent her working career teaching--36 years in the elementary schools, recently retired. Jill has also taught many art classes, calligraphy classes, guild workshops, and provides individual instruction in the arts in her studio.  She has taken Reggie's year long class and attended many, many conferences.
Her paste papers and other art can be seen in Diane Maurer-Mathisons's books, "The Handcrafted Letter," "The Art of Making Paste Paper," and "Handmade Cards." She is also published in "Encyclopedia of Calligraphy" by Janet Mehigan and Mary Noble.  For further information, visit this blogspot or www.jillsquills1.com.
Class supply list:  The teacher will supply silks, dyes, dye set and resist for a material fee of $25. Please bring: apron, rubber gloves, hair dryer, paper towels, eye droppers or pipettes, stainless steel push pins or silk pins, several containers for water, favorite watercolor brush, ( I use a large #12 and smaller #6), or sumi brushes and/or foam brushes.  If you have an old, but clean foam board, foam core, 14"by14" bring it and we will use it to support small silk hoops.  We will share whatever else is needed.  I will bring extra brushes.  Bring an extension cords also If possible.
REGISTER by October 5 so I can order materials.  Send $50 (member) or $80 (non-member) to Ed Frfurth, 6721 E. Blue Jay Dr, Parker, CO 80139 or use PayPal. Material fee is $25 payable to Jill Quillian.  Questions?
Alice/303-871-8407 or Jill/920-583-4026 or 920-539-4944

Jill's Displays

I have a silk and art display at the Belmar Library, Lakewood, CO right now; May and June, 2013.  The portrait was taken by Bob Maynard Photography while we were at our Studio Walk, May 4 & 5 in Erie, CO.  There were four artists in one home; we had 60-70 visitors each day with lots of fun, sales and networking.

Butterfly Flight

Another friend suggested that I add the details to the ends of the scarf.  So I put the butterflies on the ends and then drew their flight patterns all over the silks.  The calligraphy on the margins is all about butterflies.  12 x 60"  Sold

Rainbow colors

8 x 72" silk with small flowers in each color.  I tried sugar on this silk and tried to keep it simple.  $80.00

Another sea dragon

My favorite sea creatures are sea dragons. Yes, they are real.  This 35" x 35" scarf has more on it than shown. It is very bright with gold resist lines. Looking at this silk just makes me feel contented.  This one is sold, it was hard to say good-bye, but it went to a special lady.

More Tangles in Blues

Play time with more Zentangles. I'll try to get a full photo of this scarf. These are close ups of the 12" x 60" silk.  Sold!

Jack's flowers

My brother, Jack, walks near Occidental, CA with his hiking group every week. Then he gifts us with some of his awesome photos. I was inspired to group these together into a 12" x 60" silk scarf. This is traditional silk painting, I do not treat the silk first, so it is not like painting on canvas. Keeping it simple is important.  Sold!

Close up of Tangle silk, reds & black

Here is an up close look of the Zentangle. I am using a gold resist also.   Look at all that detail.  Sold.

Tangle Scarf

The latest rage in the calligraphy/art world is a design called Zentangles which is just doodling with an artistic eye. Usually they are done on a 3" x 3" square with a tiny pen. But it works for a silk design too.  This scarf wears really well with a black outfit.  Sold.