Greek Mythology tells us the story of a beautiful young maiden, her name is Persephone. Daughter of,ZeusandDemeter, she is known as the goddess of the harvest. Her beauty was so remarkable the lord of the underworld,desired her. Happily and innocently gathering flowers one day Hades rose up from the underworld and abducted her. Only Zeus, and the observant sun,Helios, had noticed it. In despair, Demeter searched the earth, looking for her child until Helios revealed what had happened. Demeter plunged into depression, causing the Earth to wither and stagnate. Zeus sent, his son,Hermesdown to Hades to make him release Persephone. Hades agreed, but before she went back he gave Persephone the seeds of a pomegranate, when she ate them, she bound eternally to the underworld and she had to descend to it for one-third of the year. The other months she stayed with her mother. When Persephone visited Hades, Demeter refused to let anything grow and winter began.
Welcome to Rainbows End, a sanctuary of Colour Art and Craft
I am a textile designer who loves colour and I explore a variety of techniques in my work including Sun Printing a lovely refreshing method of textile printing that produces amazing effects, You will find a variety of applications of this process amongst my work.
I have a number of free tutorials and am in the process of adding more.
I have also updated this space with a shop where my fabrics can be purchased within Australia with no added charge for shipping.
Please browse amongst the colour New things are in the process of being added
I am a qualified textile artist who has worked in Craft and Arts councils all over Australia. I have also worked in Indigenous art enterprises in many isolated communities. I am also a trained and qualified art teacher and have taught in primary and secondary schools. I have strong spiritual beliefs, this is reflected in my art work which you can veiw via the links on this blog.
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