Watercolor Pigment onto Silk Habotai 09–06–2025
RESEARCH
Original Recipe Formulation of Watercolor Pigment, made from Foraged Plant Matter
PROCESS
500mL of Crushed Flowers, Seeds and Wood
DEVELOPMENT
Watercolor Pigment onto Silk Habotai
Tapestry 01 - ‘Rho Ophiuchi‘
Logwood, Himalayan Rhubarb, Chestnut
Titanium Oxide, Lac, Citric Acid
Tapestry 02 - ‘Pillars of Creation’ [Blue]
Indigo, Jasmine Blue, Silver Paint
Crushed Gardenia Seeds, Lac, Himalayan Rhubarb
Crushed Annatto Seeds
Mahogany + Soda Ash
Tapestry 03 - ‘Pillars of Creation’ [Twilight]
Rhubarb [sat for one week] - acted as a tannin
Crushed Indigo from Oaxaca, MX
Osage, Logwood, Urea
Titanium Oxide, Soda Ash
Tapestry 04 - ‘Pillars of Creation’ [Daylight] Lac, Gardenia, Mahogany
Logwood, Soda Ash
‘Fabric of Spacetime’ : In Fabric of Spacetime, Zelinskie teams up with Out of Seam, who specialize in bio materials and natural dyes, to bring the beauty of nebulae to life through large-scale textile works inspired by iconic images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. These monumental, floor-to-ceiling raw silks, hand-dyed with natural pigments, and intricately deconstructed robotic weavings of celestial bodies like the Carina and Tarantula Nebulae, evoke the ephemeral nature of the universe. Visitors can touch and engage with the artwork, allowing them to transcend the boundary between fabric and space, offering a unique, tactile experience of the cosmos.