Looking through the Layers

White polyester lining hooped and free motion machine stitched to outline the design.

Dyed blue cotton overlaid on the polyester, hooped and the design line free motion machine stitched from reverse.

Areas of the blue cotton cutaway. While still in the hoop the design is heat treated with a gun to melt away much of the polyester.

Cellophane painted with acrylic paint and pleated. Pleated cellophane hooped with the polyester cotton design pinned in place and areas of the design free motion machine stitched.

Excess polyester heat treated to leave as little as possible.

Handmade wooden frame wrapped vertically with thick yarn. Lengths of wire positioned central to two lines of yarn and then the braids stitched from right to left wrapping around the central wire. Both ends of wire curled to hold in place.

Horizontal braids created by wrapping short lengths of yarn across vertical lines.

The whole structure is dipped in paper pulp and while wet blue dye is added.

When dry the structure is backed by dyed silk hankies.