King of Glory Hand Painted Silk Flag

One of my silk flag customers

wanted a "King Of Glory" design.

I thought and prayed over many

different concepts -regular crown, crown of thorns,

letters and rays of glory, etc. etc...

Then I remembered!!!

25 years ago I made this very ornate
and heavy fabric banner. I have always loved the
image and the elegance.
This banner has graced many
awesome worship services over 2 decades.

I reproduced the design so I could transfer it to silk.

The outline is made using resist for

the serti technique, a silk painting technique.

I love this technique. It is sort of stained

glass on fabric but staying in the lines

can be tricky. Silk dye can be tricky to control

and sometimes it just doesn't want to mind at all.

I have had some real disappointments with color

going where it's not supposed to go.

It jumps over the resist, another color gets too close

and pulls the original color in a direction the

I did not intend for it to go. I don't like to discard

a project, so I stand back, stretch the creativity

just a bit more and redeem the mess! (That will preach!)

This one was exciting to me!

There were no mishaps! No redos!

And I love it! More than that-

I love HIM - JESUS - MY KNG OF GLORY!

Oh yes, the finished flag (1st image) -

I have added a crown!

Thanks for stopping by!