I made these pillows out of my grandmother's old lines. I dyed them with logwood/cochineal and avocado/cochineal. The ribbons I bought, and are silk dyed with logwood. I adore silk. The whole time I was sewing I kept thinking about all the pillows in Indian miniature erotic scenes. Particularly the foot pillow.
"Kissing Both Eyes," ca. 1725
"Erotic Scene," ca.1675-1700
"Lovers on a Terrace," ca. 1800-1825
I know how to make the paper that the miniatures are painted on because I took an Indo-Islamic papermaking class with Radha Pandey at Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts. It is a particular type of excitement to know I have some comprehension of that. All paintings are in the collection of The Walters Art Museum.
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