I am so fortunate my passion has taken me to exotic lands.  While my home is peaceful and meditative, travelling to meet other silk artisans and farmers is exuberant and exhilarating.  The artists of cultures with less disposable earnings are extremely inventive with what is at hand to create unequaled textiles with rich patterns and unique colour combinations.  The farmers of silk caterpillars  are dedicated to their little charges.  It is not only for financial reasons they are so committed, it has long filled a spiritual need as well as providing a healthy, rural lifestyle, creating a renewable resource for clothing.   The richness of these experiences helps to inform my work.