.Pretty in Merlot.
100%  Habotai Silk
165 x 45cm
.hand stitched hem.
 
Soaked varied Eucalyptus leaves blanketed in freshly pressed and fermented juice from merlot grapes.
Made 06.03.20
 
Fresh, dried, whole, nibbled, wind damaged, broken, incomplete leaves are placed on a stretch of silk. Rolled, bound tightly before heating to extract and coax the pigments and tannins from the foliage permanently on to the silk. Each scarf a wearable artwork made with nature. Leaves of each season reflecting and forever held in each scarf.