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The star bowls are not woven, but are couched onto heavy silk tussah. I use an "infrared" substrate color; I've been looking at a lot of Hubble shots and this color seems rampant in the universe. The silk tussah is visible at the very edges of some of the bowls. I use a huge amount of cotton thread in each. Each bowl has a slightly different shape, depending on the vagaries of physics while I'm working on them. I've yet to find out why one is so different from another, which keeps me interested in making them.                    
Fibers: mohair, alpaca, wool, cotton, silk, linen, cashmere, and man-made fibers. You can read about fiber content on the hang tags, along with the instruction "do not wash."  Washing would most likely alter their shape permanently. I've never washed one, but I'm pretty sure they'd warp and wrap into weird shapes.                    
The constellations are needle-pointed. Each bowl, including needle-pointing and construction, takes about me about 20 hours (for a simple one). The tiny 100% cotton mesh I use for needlepoint allows for fine detail, an obsession I've always had in all my work.                    
I'm currently exploring some new ideas for the star bowls: Transits of the planets, the Milky Way, etc. The constellations are so human: encompassing, expressing, and inspiring science, poetry, story-telling. The need for tools to find our way will always be with us.                    
I picture these bowls hanging on a wall, or simply placed on some gorgeous cherry-wood table.