Sally Dillon is a professional fiber artist specializing in quilted silk wall hangings. Her designs are based on the study of nature, particularly geology and geography. Cross-sectional maps, satellite photographs and a lifetime of close observation inspire many of her pieces.

Sally stretches the highest quality white silk over frames, then draws a resist line with wax before applying French dyes with soft watercolor brushes. The silk is then dried, steamed, washed and dry-cleaned before being assembled into unique wall hangings.

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"Sightings and Collections"

Some of the imagery in this quilt comes from flotsam on my mantel, the rest from "sightings" at the seashore from Maine to Texas. Includes are a horse shoe crab, some tublarian hydroids, colander kelp, a yellow fin tuna and northern red anemone, a Portuguese man of war, fire worm, and brittle star.
57" x 80"

©2001 Sally Dillon

"The Chesapeake Bay"

An aerial view of the bay is surrounded by panels showing the animals and scenes of the area. There is a Canada goose, a herring gull, the endangered piping plovers, a belted kingfisher, a blue crab and a satellite view of Hurricane Bob.
55"x72"

©2001 Sally Dillon

"San Francisco Bay"

Salmon eggs, baby salmon, an endangered salamander, and the California quail surround the central panel, an aerial view of the San Francisco Bay area, including the San Andreas fault and Point Reyes.
60"x60"

©2001 Sally Dillon

"St. John, Virgin Islands"

The central panel depicts a view of the Caribbean from a mountaintop on the island of St. John. The border panels include images of colorful tropical plants and birds as well as a sugar mill ruin and an unusual termite nest on top of a rock.
90"x70"

©2001 Sally Dillon