They are 3ft. by 5ft. and are hemmed with pockets at top and bottom to allow insertion of rods for hanging.They are suitable for residential, public or commercial display.

Phragmipedium grande microchilum

The original 3ft. by 9ft. banner was featured at the Smithsonian Institution’s United States Arboretum Conservatory.

Brassavola nodosa

The original was created as a silk display backdrop featured at the Pacific Orchid Exhibition in San Francisco.

Bulbophyllum lepidum

The original was a large painting on silk that was featured at the Pacific Orchid Exhibition in San Francisco.

Our high quality art prints are designed to maintain their colors for many years and are suitable for framing.

Harbinger
Available in the following sizes:
8″x8″ print double matted in white to a final size of 12″x12″

Reaching for the Light
Available in the following sizes:
8″x8″ print double matted in white to a final size of 12″x12″

Tahoe Morning
Available in the following sizes:
8″x12″ print double matted in white to a final size of 12″x16″

Rhododendrons at Kew
Available in the following sizes:
5″x7″ print double matted in white to a final size of 8″x10″
8″x10″ print double matted in white to a final size of 11″x14″

White Iris
Available in the following sizes:
8″x10″ print double matted in white to a final size of 11″x14″

Our high quality art prints are designed to maintain their colors for many years and are suitable for framing.

Seducer
Available in the following sizes:
5″x7″ print double matted in white to a final size of 8″x10″

Hibiscus
Available in the following sizes:
5″x7″ print double matted in white to a final size of 8″x10″
8″x12″ print double matted in white to a final size of 12″x16″

Koke’e Sunset
Available in the following sizes:
5″x7″ print double matted in white to a final size of 8″x10″
8″x10″ print double matted in white to a final size of 11″x14″

Our high quality art prints are designed to maintain their colors for many years and are suitable for framing.

Phragmipedium Grande microchilum

Available in the following sizes:
5″x7″ print double matted in white to a final size of 8″x10″
8″x12″ print double matted in white to a final size of 12″x16″

Rae, Cymbidium Yai Monica
Available in the following sizes:
5″x7″ print double matted in white to a final size of 8″x10″
8″x12″ print double matted in white to a final size of 12″x16″

Sheila
Available in the following sizes:
5″x7″ print double matted in white to a final size of 8″x10″
8″x10″ print double matted in white to a final size of 11″x14″

Wings of Fire
Available in the following sizes:
5″x7″ print double matted in white to a final size of 8″x10″
8″x10″ print double matted in white to a final size of 11″x14″

Bulbophyllum Lepidum
Available in the following sizes:
5″x7″ print double matted in white to a final size of 8″x10″
8″x10″ print double matted in white to a final size of 11″x14″

Paphiopedium St. Swithens
Available in the following sizes:
5″x7″ print double matted in white to a final size of 8″x10″
8″x10″ print double matted in white to a final size of 11″x14″

Cattleya Sherry’s Flame
Available in the following sizes:
5″x7″ print double matted in white to a final size of 8″x10″
8″x12″ print double matted in white to a final size of 12″x16″

Original batik 13″ x 70″ crepe de chine scarves; hand wash or dry clean.

I recently acquired a nice fish tjap (Indonesian batik stamp) from Mingei World Arts, friendly people who import (and sell) regular shipments of high quality tjaps. I already had a seaweed/leaf tjap so decided to create an underwater series using these and other stamps to produce complex three dimensional scenes. I describe the production process for each scarf and show pictures of the stamps I used in the Gallery below.

Subaqueous Homesick Blues #1 (Sold)

Using a rather foul and complex hot wax mixture, the first layer of stamps (all the areas that show the white background) was laid down. The bubbles (white dots) were both part of the fish tjap and added using a small brush and hot wax. After sealing any gaps in the wax with gutta, the blank areas within the tjaps were painted. A light blue background was then added. The second layer of stamps (the light blue background) was then laid down and the sealing and painting process repeated. The second and subsequent layers of stamps add the perspective and depth to the work. The final dark blue background layer was then painted. The scarf was hot ironed between sheets of clean newspaper to remove most of the wax, then rolled in clean newspaper and steamed for 3-4 hours to set the dye. Finally the scarf was dry cleaned to remove the small amount of residual wax. Quite a process!

Subaqueous Homesick Blues #2 (Sold)

This one is both more complex, as it uses six tjaps and three layers of stamping, and a little easier as there is no painting within the boundaries of the tjap. You can follow the sequence; the first layer of wax protects the original white color of the scarf, the second stamping protects the added light blue background and the third protects the purple/gray second background. The final background layer was created using both darker blue and purple dyes in a random pattern over the entire scarf. Finishing was as described above.

Subaqueous Homesick Blues #3 (Sold)

This scarf is similar to the one above but uses seven tjaps. You can figure out which layer each tjap was used on by identifying the color the stamping wax covered, starting with the original white scarf and following the color changes of each increasingly dark background.
A couple of the tjaps used on #2 are missing here and three new ones have been added. See if you can spot them in the gallery below.

Subaqueous Homesick Blues #4

This scarf was created like #1, starting with white silk and using just two stamps. The fish stamp incorporates the thin tendrils of seaweed; the second stamp has five seaweed leaves. The scarf has two layers of stamping and painting, each followed by an increasingly dark background layer, light blue and dark blue.

The gallery below comprises pictures of the nine tjaps (batik stamps) used to make the four scarves above.