Vancouver Island Surface Design Association is hosting its annual exhibition, Current Threads at CVAC in Duncan, June 7 - July 5. In...

In Search of Wild Silk, launches, exhibitions and more.

Well, my book In Search of Wild Silk: Exploring a Village Industry in the Jungles of India, is finally in my hands and in the hands of...

After many trials and a reprint, it is official, my book In Search of Wild Silk: Exploring a Village Industry in the Jungles of India is...

Spring is wonderfully long.Exhibition with botanical prints at CVAC gallery in Duncan, BC. Wild silk lecture VISDA Conference, Duncan, BC.

It's beginning to feel a lot like spring here in the Pacific Northwest. There is a radiant warmth in the sunshine and snow drops,...

Photos taken in the Great Bear Rainforest used to create silk fusion art, including a spirit bear.

I do feel like I am surfacing - not from Covid or depression, but from the intensity of writing a book. My last blog was November 2020,...

Part 1 of this Asian Journal was published by your negligent blogger on April 4, 2019. The much appreciated Asian Journal, essays were...

One by one, men appear out of the trees wearing only short cloths wrapped around their waist.

glimpse into the content and making of a book on the wild silks of India

Garden in late spring!

The April 4, 2019 blog introduced The Asian Journal, writings we published in the Treenway newsletter from 1989 to 2011. We will...

We live on the west coast where we can harvest food all year round. One of the great things about this west coast gardening is we are...

April 6, 2019 blog introduced The Asian Journal, writings we published in the Treenway newsletter starting in 1987. Our journeys began...

The first Asian Journal blog post (1986 First Silk Sojourn) was an introduction of what it was like travelling over 30 years ago. It was...

People from all over the world love to come and visit my home, Salt Spring Island. We are a small island, but word is out we have a very...

Cocoons, Yarn, Fabric - Tasar Muga Eri Many books have been...

A love of textiles and all things silk was the impetus for my first trip to Thailand, Burma, China and Korea in 1986. I had never...

This piece was made for a call to entry for SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Association) with the theme: Connecting Our Natural Worlds. Our goal...