Hand painted silk cushions
I was asked to start teaching silk painting and so offered individual tuition as well as group workshops where I guided people to create their own individual mandalas.
Today a selection of my mandala paintings are available as greeting cards.
My main focus is on teaching and coaching as well as avid blogging and vlogging, but I continue to undertake commission work and create personal mandalas as well as a select few silk items.
I have also created a set of mandala guidance cards which I use in individual sessions with people to help them take stock of their lives and then take the next step forward.
If you’d like to have a look at a selection of my artwork, please follow this link to http://www.silkandart.com.
I also have a Silk & Art Fan Page on Facebook so do come over and join us to keep up to date with all the art based activities.
If you would like to know more about my silk painting commission work, please contact me at: info@silkandart.com. I look forward to hearing from you.
Fiona Stolze
Fiona,
Great blog. I love your willingness to share your knowledge.
Your art is incredible and so uplifting.
Fabulous video.
Warm regards,
Francine
Francine
Thank you so much for your supportive comments and appreciation of my work.
Warm wishes
Fiona
hey fiona
i am 13 and i am doing a school entrepreneur project with 2 of my friends and we are doing tie dye scarves i was wondering if we could order a bunch of plain white cotton or silk scarves please. we are trying to get our product into our school shop so please lease could you help us out, thank you
yours faithfully
leia atkin
saad latif
harrese khan
Hi Leia -
please could you give me an email or the like and I can tell you more about this. We can discuss what you need.
Warm wishes
Fiona
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I have a commercial steamer and when I steam my silk the bottom of the roll always seems to get wet. I secure the top of the wire cylinder to the top of the unit, it is kept from the water by the grid at the bottom of the tube however, the bottom of my roll always gets wet ……Help
Donna, sorry to hear that is happening. It can be really frustrating when you complete your work only to have problems with the fixing. I was just wondering what brand of steamer you have Donna. I work with a horizontal one and don’t have the same difficulties that many have with the vertical ones. I’m guessing that there is not a big enough gap between the water the silk and that dampness travels up by osmosis.
How do you secure the bottom end of the silk roll? Do you wrap the whole package up in fabric, in extra paper? Do you have masking tape wrapped around the bottom to securely close off the gap? It would be really great if you could send a photo so that I could see the setup.
Is there any way you could increase the gap between the water and your silk?
I also wanted to clarify that the bottom of the roll gets wet during the steaming and this ruins the silk? Or does the bottom get wet but your silk is okay? My silk roll is sometimes a bit wet when the steaming is over and I leave the package in the device to cool down. Water droplets then may drop on it, but the dyes are fixed and so it isn’t a problem.
Sorry I have so many questions but it will help to solve this issue. Thanks.
HI, Fiona, I would like to know if you give online silkpainting classes. thanks, Leonisa
Hi Leonisa – I am currently working on some ideas for giving classes online as well as developing silk painting classes on dvd for download. If you’d like to keep in touch to hear when these are available, please let me know. Thanks.
Dear Fiona,
please stop calling what you do ‘art’ – it’s craft at best! The fact that you exhibit it in Glastonbury amidst the many other works of ‘art’ in so called ‘galleries’ like the Grail Centre (how dare they connect the Grail with this former shoe shop anyway), and ‘give’ arrogant ‘interviews’ to other ‘artists’ (everyone’s an artist in Glasto!!), doesn’t change that….
Hi Peter
Thanks for stopping by and commenting. There’s always space for everyone’s point of view. Some people are going to adore the mandalas and others like you may think it’s pants. That’s perfect too. And this is wonderful for sparking off a new conversation. Thanks a lot. And watch this space.
Warm wishes
Fiona
Hi Fiona, I’m in love with your work!! It is awesome.. I would like to learn.. Any news on online classes??.. please keep me posted..
Hi Zaidy – so glad you love my work. I am currently working on things to offer online. I am very close to launching an instructional video too which might well interest you.
What part of the world do you live in?
If you would like to keep updated, please join my mailing list and you will automatically receive updates. If I have your permission, I will add your email address.
Warm wishes
Fiona
I love your work. I am a kindergarten teacher and I was looking into having the children make their mother a hand painted silk scarf for mother’s day. I would love to get on your mailing list and learn more about the instructional video. Thanks
Wendy
Hi Wendy,
Lovely to hear from you and glad you feel inspired by my artwork. I will gladly add you to my mailing list.
I will also send you an email with details about the dvd and what you could do with your class.
Warm wishes
Fiona