What Comes First?What comes first? The Orchid or the Leather? The Orchid of course! Selecting the perfect color and texture of leather is often responsible for the first "change" in the artistic process. The leather dyeing process is one that I don't dabble in, so the leather element actually dictates the final orchid, color, and design selections. With leather in hand, it is time to explore what color of orchid, what pattern, what genera, all of which is influenced hundreds of "vision micro moments". . Staying true to my orchid judge training and putting an artistic spin in the mix is always an area of focus when creating the final hand painted silk. Each phase of every creation is exciting, but mixing the colors that will be used to create the art is one of my favorite things! When the silk comes out of the steamer, is removed from its newsprint blanket,and unrolled, I'm always so anxious to hold it up for inspection. That's when you see what you've "really got".
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