Cocoon collaboration

Category: Cocoon Art    —    Mar 4, 02:00 PM

The silkworms spin their cocoons in a space that I created for them out of bark fiber, which I use for all my sculptural work. The small chamber is designed to fit into a larger sculptural form. These blue and orange chambers hold the freshly completed silk cocoons! 


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ABOUT

Jill Powers is a contemporary fiber artist living in Boulder, CO. She raises silkworms in her art studio.

Jill

 

LINKS

Santa Fe Gallery

Los Angeles Gallery

National Paper Makers Organization

Naropa University Art Dept, Boulder, CO

Hand Weavers Guild of Boulder

The Ditch Project

Open Studios


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