Silk silk silk - Page 25

**DrDebby** · #**361** 07-18-2012, 06:13 PM

This is great Sigrun. Like the deep colors you've got going on here.

Aral · #**362** 07-18-2012, 06:52 PM

Thanks Debby, I like this work very much and here is how and why I did this:

When Finn had to to attend a conference in Palermo 2008, Sicily, I wanted to see if there was a connection between the Norsemen and Sicily and found it. The text I found that inspired me to do this work comes from Heimskringla, written in the 12th century in Iceland and tell the tale of Norewegian king Harald Hardrada sailing past Sicily and not stopping (this time). For him not to stop meant there was already his kinsmen settling there and that would have been Roger I or in old Icelandic "Hroðgeir " The name of the work is "Passing Sicily"

Here is a link to the heimskringla (the Round world = Heims= world, Kringla=round.
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heimskringla]

**DrDebby** · #**363** 07-18-2012, 07:45 PM

It's fascinating how you find inspiration from the old sagas. I think it's marvelous.

**rue d'oak** · #**364** 07-21-2012, 03:57 PM

So wonderful . That deep blue!
Jen

Aral · #**365** 10-23-2012, 05:22 PM

Hi again after some time away...
Here is a commissioned piece I just delivered. It is the apples of Idun. Idun (Icelandic way Iðunn) was the wife of Bragi the poet and god of poetry. She was a goddess and was most trusted by the gods and goddesses as she kept in the box made of ash the nine apples that the gods could bite into when feeling the age coming over them and that would give them youth. So she is often associated with rejuvenation. So here is Idunn.

Hand dyed silk with batik.

**DrDebby** · #**366** 10-23-2012, 05:44 PM

Yummy apples! Great to see you doing silk, and not just rugs.

**rue d'oak** · #**367** 10-24-2012, 12:52 PM

Yummy indeed. Great depth with this one, Sigrun. What is the size? I love the white - gives really good texture.

Jen

Aral · #**368** 10-24-2012, 02:13 PM

Thank you both

I was for a long time debating what to do with the white spots left by the wax, in the end I left is as is

Glad you like it this way.
The size is just over a square yard.

Granola Girl · #**369** 10-30-2012, 12:06 PM

Hi Sigrun!
Hope you & Finn are well! Just popped in to answer a 3D question, and figured I'd come peek at what you've been working on lately... gorgeous, as usual

I really like how you used the whole corner of the colour wheel in this new piece, Idunn's apples... makes it positively GLOW!!!

Esther

Aral · #**370** 11-12-2012, 09:00 PM

Thank you Esther. So nice to see you too and yes we are fine and hope you are too.

Aral · #**371** 12-29-2012, 12:38 AM

Few silk scarfs I did before the holidays and are for a shop at the Viking museum. They have sold my scarfs before but then I did not hear from them in one year then out of the blue they called and want more scarfs...Well I can not say no.... now can I

poochemio · #**372** 12-29-2012, 12:49 PM

I'm so glad to see that you are still playing with your silks. You are so wonderful with this medium. I guess my subscription got lost in one of the upgrades. Happy New Year.

Carole A · #**373** 12-29-2012, 02:09 PM

Luscious scarves, Sigrun. I love them all, but that blue one - Wow. I'll buy a lottery ticket today; maybe I'll win enough to own one or two of them.

Carole

EvaJ · #**374** 12-29-2012, 04:35 PM

I just love your silk scarves. When I was working in an office, wore silk scarves all the time. Now it is jeans and t-shirts and I really don't think that a silk scarf would work.

Still would like to have enough money someday to have one of yours and I could just feel it and look at it.

**DrDebby** · #**375** 12-29-2012, 05:44 PM

Gorgeous scarves, Sigrun. So glad they called you and ordered more scarves.

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