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Re-loving a vintage White sewing machine
Winter 2016 finally decided that January 2017 was a great time to begin, so for a week the weather forecasters gave dire predictions of a...

Theresa Filarsky
Jan 8, 20173 min read


Wearing Nature’s Colors
There’s nothing like silk! Truly-there is nothing like the look and feel of silk! Soft and luxurious or earthy and light, nothing...

Theresa Filarsky
Dec 19, 20161 min read


All Natural dyeing with plants
Somewhere back in Time, our ancestors figured out a number of amazing things. In the course of survival, it is understandable that...

Theresa Filarsky
Oct 2, 20162 min read


Beautiful Art from Rescued Roses
Seven Sisters old roses Beautiful Art from rescued Roses Roses in history, in quotes, in art and poetry. Perhaps no other flower has been...

Theresa Filarsky
Aug 18, 20163 min read


Silk Jewelry
I have had people refer to my hand painted scarf clips as jewelry so that’s what I will call them! I make these unique little pieces as...

Theresa Filarsky
Jul 26, 20161 min read


Summer Storms and inspiration silk
When I am looking for inspiration, my artist hubby Stephen Filarsky and I travel north from our place to the John Kerr Lake dam. No...

Theresa Filarsky
Jun 30, 20161 min read


Contact printing and Indigo
When I discovered that Floridian Kathy Hays, an expert in all things related to contact (or eco) printing, was going to be in my NC...

Theresa Filarsky
Jun 2, 20161 min read


Art Shows and the ART Studio
The months of April and May have been been “art show” months with several shows each month …..a great way to showcase my work in person!...

Theresa Filarsky
May 30, 20161 min read


Eco printing on silk and paper
I love this time of year. The trees and pastures are coming alive again as the nights have warmed. And with that new growth come the many...

Theresa Filarsky
Apr 20, 20162 min read


News from our Working Artists studios!
Early Spring (March), 2016 March and there is SO much going on. Many art shows and horse shows coming up this spring. We love to show...

Theresa Filarsky
Mar 11, 20163 min read


Eco-printing, driftwood and working in the Silk Studio
Late winter and I’m ready for spring. Leaves on the trees, flowers…that kind of spring! Some of my silk art I can create inside, in the...

Theresa Filarsky
Feb 29, 20161 min read


Mother Nature’s Colors in eco-printing on silk
My last “batch” before leaving for a trip to Oregon earlier this month. Grinding, then boiling cochineal bugs and laying out plants on...

Theresa Filarsky
Jan 29, 20161 min read


Alpacas, peg looms and weaving sticks!
Way back in college, I took a weaving class and managed to squeak by with a “D”. No joke. I loved the weaving part, but the big old floor...

Theresa Filarsky
Jan 7, 20162 min read


Nature’s colors-Amazing results from eco-printing on silk!
OK, I admit it, I’m hooked! Nature’s colors rock! After 11 days of constant painting on silk at the Village of Yesteryear at the NC State...

Theresa Filarsky
Nov 6, 20152 min read


So what did I do with those leaves and berries for my silk?
We were so busy getting ready for the annual Village of yesteryear at the North Carolina State Fair that I only had one shot at a batch...

Theresa Filarsky
Oct 30, 20152 min read


Colors from Nature: Eco-dyeing from the NC backroads.
A gorgeous day, car windows down and a back road in North Carolina. It really doesn’t get much better than that! With my artist hubby...

Theresa Filarsky
Oct 5, 20152 min read


Demonstrating Silk Painting at a show
I just completed 3 weeks of shows as a vendor with my artwork-the portraits, the abstract horses and my silk scarves. I had a small set...

Theresa Filarsky
Sep 22, 20152 min read


My DIY hanging rack from a baby crib!
DIY hanging rack from a baby crib! As professional artists, we have 2 art studios on our property. The larger one is big, beautiful and...

Theresa Filarsky
Sep 2, 20152 min read


Expanding the Abstract world in painting
October is already here and I am gearing up for some unusual shows! October 16-26 is the annual NC State Fair where hundreds of thousands...

Theresa Filarsky
Oct 2, 20141 min read


Galloping Abstracts in Vivid Colors!
The summer has seen me head in a slightly different direction with my horses and abstracts! The brilliance of acryl gouache and ronan...

Theresa Filarsky
Aug 29, 20141 min read
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