Hopi Birds Designs

'Hopi Bird' Silk Designs - Three Dresses with similar designs based on Hopi Pottery.  Synthetic dyes used.

Bird designs:  Inspired by Native American culture: images of abstract bird designs of the Hopi Indians applied to pottery. They reached a height of decorative abstraction, adapting bird designs to fit over any curved pottery surface; a brilliant applied design, in natural pigmented black, terracotta and cream colours. Designs are 'curved' exactly as the originals on Hopi pottery, but applied to a two dimensional surface of Habotai silk. Feathers were added around the birds together with a selection of embroidered Native American quotations.

• Red Hopi Dress has two front silk panels with stylized Hopi Birds - black/red on white, and red/white on black.  Patchworks uses a red linen skirt and black viscose print in long red dress design. Vogue Pattern is V1234 by Sandra Betzina.  The vogue pattern facilitated side extended pieces which hang well in silk. Red linen bodice is made from a skirt.  Polyester red/orange print used for upper and center panel.

• Opaline Rose dress has tier of grey silk painting with print from sweetcorn leaves, and with Hopi Birds, and embroidered Native American quotations.

• Grey Hopi pinafore has front silk panel of Hopi Birds with feathers and native American sayings combined with grey cotton panels from a Per Una skirt. Winter thickness. Slim fit: (UK size 8 bust, UK size 10 hips)   All dresses modelled by visiting guest, Spanish teacher Marian

    Native American Quotations embroidered on silk: 

"Walk lightly in the spring: mother Earth is pregnant" ~ Kiowa

"Plants are our brothers and sisters; they talk to us and if we listen we can hear them" ~ Apache

"After dark all cats are leopards" ~ Zumi

"We will be known forever by the tracks we leave ~