I've just polished off the remaining half of the bag of Indonesian Tea Candy that I discovered at Whole Foods Market. Just how much caffeine I have introduced into my system is unknown. I should have known, as a tea junkie, that I wouldn't be able to stop after one piece. I tried to put the bag away-Really-no I didn't.
Thoughts of Indonesia, caffeine & sugar...Just the right kick in the pants needed to get some work done on the other large scale installation project that I have in the works.
(Or at least write about it!)
I began working with silk cocoons a little over a year ago. Chrysalises and cocoons are so amazing to me & metamorphosis has been a theme that I never seem to tire of exploring. I have fallen madly in love with the golden cocoons of the Cricula Trifenestrata silk moth.
The honey to gold toned fibers have the most beautiful metallic sheen. Such a unique surface texture...I am the process of sewing trimmed cocoons into panels & then into cubes which will be illuminated from within. There is a white Bombyx Mori silk moth cocoon within each cube and the light source will be concealed within. The project is evolving as I go...I see the cubes filling an entire space-possibly stacked or grouped so the one can walk through the 5ft (at least) pilings or rows.
The sustainability of this material is really important to me.
The moths have been the bane of Indonesian cashew farmers for years and now they are able to harvest the hatched cocoons for the growing indonesian silk industry.
these are gorgeous! there's also a silvery version of the cricula cocoon, made from the madagascar comet moth. i love cocoons as well, and am slowly building up a collection.
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