Laying eggs!27.03.10 — Category: Silkworms — Comment The females lay hundreds of eggs in a few hours. The beautiful yellow eggs will...
Read More > Mating! The silk moths find each other22.03.10 — Category: Silkworms — Comment The silk moths rest a few moments, and then the female begins scenting for a mate. The male senses her with his large antennae, and buzzes around until he finds her....
Read More > The Silk Moth Arrives17.03.10 — Category: Silkworms — Comment After a few minutes of rest from the struggle of emerging, the silk moth's wings are pumped fully and the beautiful creamy white moth looks around the world for the fist time....
Read More > Emerging from the cocoon!12.03.10 — Category: Cocoon Art — Comment These moths are just emerging from their cocoons.....
Read More > stages of my silkworms' lives9.03.10 — Category: Cocoon Art — Comment Some of the silkworms are almost ready to spin, and others are in the three day process of spinning! Read More > Cocoon collaboration4.03.10 — Category: Cocoon Art — Comment The silkworms spin their cocoons in a space that I created for them out of bark fiber...
Read More > Spinning Silk Cocoons15.11.09 — Category: Silkworms — Comment
Read More > Full of liquid silk!8.11.09 — Category: Silkworms — Comment
Read More > New Skin3.11.09 — Category: Silkworms — Comment
Read More > silkworms growing...25.10.09 — Category: Silkworms — Comment
Read More > Mulberry leaves!21.10.09 — Category: Silkworms — Comment Read More > The Adventure has begun!13.10.09 — Category: Silkworms — Comment
Read More > Open Studios 200926.09.09 — Category: News — Comment
Read More > Metamorphosis24.09.09 — Category: Silkworms — Comment [2]
Read More > Welcome!24.09.09 — Category: Silkworms — Comment [1]
Read More > verification test24.09.09 — Category: — Read More > | ABOUT Jill Powers is a contemporary fiber artist living in Boulder, CO. She raises silkworms in her art studio.
LINKS National Paper Makers Organization Naropa University Art Dept, Boulder, CO RECENT POSTSLaying eggs! Mating! The silk moths find each other The Silk Moth Arrives Emerging from the cocoon! stages of my silkworms' lives Cocoon collaboration Spinning Silk Cocoons Full of liquid silk! New Skin silkworms growing... |
The adventure has begun!
You are invited to visit me in my studio this fall during the 2009 Open Studios Tour...
Raising silk involves a beautiful journey into the insect world...