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Category Archives: Silk
An Experiment with the Microwave
Recently, I have been reading about the traditional Japanese skill of Shibori. You’ve probably seen examples around as it has become very popular. Shibori is a dyeing method that involves folding and binding plain, undyed cloth and then submerging the knotted … Continue reading
Posted in Scarves, Silk
Tagged acid dyes, experiment, microwave, painting silk, pleating, resist dyeing, Shibori, silk, silk scarf
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Layering – Part III – Darker Backgrounds
In the third and final part of my series about painting layers on silk I have turned my attention to the challenges of starting with darker backgrounds. This is a design that I have painted in more than one colourway. … Continue reading
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Tagged acid dyes, creative process, layers, painting, silk painting, silk twill, steaming
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Layering – Part II
In a recent post I uploaded photographs of the layering process. I used green dyes for the new top layer on a square silk twill scarf. Here, is another combination of colours on the same original coloured background, but this time on … Continue reading
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Tagged creative process, hand painted, inspiration, layering, one offs, silk painting, silk scarf, silk scarves, textile design, updating, wearable art
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Layering – Part I
It is time for changing two or three older pieces of work that haven’t sold. I am happy to say that overpainting previously painted and steamed silk can give some very pleasing results. Here a (boring) pale cream, lilac and … Continue reading
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Tagged creative process, hand painted, inspiration, layering, one offs, silk painting, silk scarf, silk scarves, textile design, updating, wearable art
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Hand-painted, really?
This is not what I was going to blog about today, but I need to have a little, or not so little moan. This is how my morning started. Firstly, I received an email from a company asking me if … Continue reading
Posted in Scarves, Silk
Tagged design, digital design, hand drawn, hand painted, one offs, silk painting, silk scarf, silk scarves, textile design
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One silk scarf, three linen shirts
The beauty and fun of chiffon is that it is translucent . . . . . and that means the colours of a chiffon scarf will vary depending on the colours beneath it. I have to admit when I began … Continue reading
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Tagged chiffon, hand painted, linen shirts, navy linen, silk chiffon, silk scarf, silk scarves, white linen, white shirt
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Back from Narnia?
It has been awkward finding appealing interior spaces and decent natural lighting for a scarf photoshoot this past winter and the following grey, grey spring, but, eventually, I have some new photographs for my online shop. It always takes longer … Continue reading
Posted in Scarves, Silk
Tagged fashion photography, fashion shoot, hand painted, model, Narnia, silk painting, silk scarf, wardrobe
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It’s Officially Spring
It was the Vernal Equinox on Tuesday and despite all the wintery and bitterly cold wind (a short visit from Mini-beast last week, the cousin of the Beast from the East) it is officially spring and just a little bit … Continue reading
Posted in Scarves, Silk
Tagged feature, hand painted, handmade, scarves, silk, silk scarf, spring, Spring Showcase, ukhandmade
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Purple, violet, mauve
You may or may not have noticed, depending on how much you use Google, that earlier this week Google marked an interesting textiles red-letter day, or should that be purple-letter day. The folks at Google uploaded the above rather charming … Continue reading
Posted in Silk
Tagged aniline dye, hand painted, Imperial purple, lilac, mauve, Perkin, purple dye, silk, silk scarves, Tyrian purple, violet
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A favourite bird motif morphs into a ???
I have been having a serious clear out of cloth. I am trying to be disciplined about this. I am attempting to organise all my work materials so there is studio space that is conducive to work and not one … Continue reading
Posted in Silk, working
Tagged bird motif, birds, creativity, inspiration, memories, memory, motif, studio, working space
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UK Handmade Winter Showcase
It is now November and I think we can safely mention ‘Christmas’ and yesterday the Winter/Christmas UK Handmade Showcase went live. One of my silk scarves has been featured, and, I love the way the UK Handmade folk have chosen … Continue reading
