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Calla Lilies by Evelyn Chingren

"Calla Lilies" is the result of a visit to a garden full of calla lilies belonging to a friend who lives in California. This new fascination resulted in a canvas translation of cut stems lying on my friends ceramic counter top. "Calla Lilies" includes appliqué work, couching, and cut turkey work with the main stitches being basketweave, interlocking Gobelin, encroaching oblique and swirl. Ground fabric is 18-mesh black canvas with 22-mesh congress cloth used for the appliquéd areas. Threads used in this piece include DMC floss and Caron Wildflowers hand dyed cotton.

Style is a personal journey that is never complete. The physical sensation of touch guides the journey, opening the creative process and encouraging exploration. Each project is a new beginning as the personal journey of touch creates new sensations. As every fiber flows over the fingers, new sensations allow the formation of patterns, texture, and form. The physical sensation of touch allows the blind to see, the deaf to hear, the child to wonder and the artist to explore. No project ever meanders in the same direction, but rather each project ever expands the style journey.

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