Collaboration: Works in Silks Mother Nature & Humans

These works have been created in collaboration with, mostly silkworms… and sometimes with other humans.  

On the most part, the primary works in this Virtual gallery room, contain the exclusive Collections of SILK Art Works which have been lovingly created by the Artist in collaboration with thousands of delicate and fragile silkworms. Yes!  Silky soft worms!

Each canvas has been touched, crawled and explored all over; each worm gently placed and positioned to create these exquisite and unique works.  Thousands of hours of silkworms patiently spinning directly onto the canvas, creating these delicate images,  while being guided and held, like fragile living paintbrushes, by the artist.  Of course, no harm or cruelty is inflicted.

As these soft silky creatures dance across the canvas, Melanie patiently waits…. to observe…… to trust in what appears to be emerging.  As certain areas become denser, leaving areas lighter or golden, the artist(s) explores the art works creative potential and allows expression to become form.  These forms are in keeping with the softness and gentleness of the spinners, the silk worms; a constant creative collaboration occurring between artist and the thousands of spinning worms she calls her creative partners.

For more information and to find out more about these exclusive Silk works please contact Melanie