Welcome to my world of hand-dyed art on silk
Feel soothed by my contemplative works
Delight in my playful pieces
About the Artist
Hi, I’m Salley Knight. I’m a fine artist who has worked on silk as my medium for over 50 years. I use traditional Japanese techniques to prepare the silk to ensure vibrancy and longevity.
My art reflects the beautiful surroundings of Squam Lake, NH, my childhood in Virginia, as well as my whimsical sensibility.
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what’s important?
When I first met Trum, or after we had gotten to know each other a bit – maybe a year and a half in, I realized that his seriousness was more of a front than all of who he was. He liked to be caught off guard, to be challenged,
snowing again/dyeing again
It’s snowing again. Endlessly. I’m dying again. Or is that dyeing again? I haven’t dyed silk in three years, I believe. I’ve been using fragments from previously dyed silk to see: what can I do with this? I played with single color coils of the more translucent silk. Then I
imagine!
It’s at this time of year – in the dead of winter, buried by snow – that my children start talking about summer. They start formulating plans about when to come. The first mention I heard was June. June? Will the lake even be unfrozen by then? This is my
