Hand Painting on Silk - Spiral Tree - time lapse

I loved painting this piece! I'm so angry about the gap in the filming. (I'll get this video thing figured out some day). This is going to be framed as a wall piece, most likely. It's the same process used in my tarot/altar cloths. I use a water-based resist (also called gutta) to draw the outlines as the first step, and then mix colors of silk dyes and use sumi brushes to paint in the colors. Painted on 100% crepe de chine silk. Next it will be steamed to set the colors, now that it's all done. Other sil