Tried a portion of the technique I learned in a 'Silk Resist Stamp' class a couple months ago from a local artist... Dy-na-Flow silk paints are applied from finger-tip spray bottles to the lightly H2O-dampened & loosly finger-gathered white silk scarf. Leave no material white. Sprinkle coarse rock salt over the still gathered/pleated scarf. Spritz with more water as desired ... the 'wetter' the scarf/paints/salt, the more the salt will push/flow the colors. Set aside to dry. Brush salt off the dry scarf (save the salt as you can re-use it on the next scarf you make). Iron the scarf to heat-set colors. Rinse the heat-set scarf in water. Hang to dry then iron. I love the technique & effects. No 2 will EVER be the same. Most of my painted silk scarves have been embellished with cooridinating bead fringe.
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Registered: November 7, 2004 Location: Milpitas, CA (San Jose/San Francisco area) Posts: 1637
Mon, May 02, 2005 @ 8:19 AM
Bead fringe is attached with needle & thread, sewn by hand. The painting of the scarves goes VERY quickly. Sewing the bead fringe on is the time consuming part of making these. The bead fringe was not part of the class I originally took. A friend at work suggested it... and in my opinion the bead fringe takes the scarves to another level.
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Registered: November 7, 2004 Location: Milpitas, CA (San Jose/San Francisco area) Posts: 1637
Mon, May 02, 2005 @ 12:33 PM
The scarves can be purchased on-line from Dharma Trading Co. (www.dharmatrading.com). I used mostly the 8 X 54 Habotai silk scarves (have also used some other sizes, chiffon, and burnt velvet scarves).
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