Sunday, March 8, 2009
A Fishy Hoop
Now you can see the hoop. I use these hoops when I teach 'A Taste of Silk Painting' to beginners and they come from the Dharma catalog ready to go. I use a chemical to set the dye because they do not lend themselves to steaming very well. I've thought about doing a whole alphabet with them. Some day!
Fish from my video
In the Process
Gold Writing
Here is my latest silk. It is not steamed yet, but I have high hopes for the final product. The resist is an iron-in colored product by Dupont, a water-based gutta. I put an extra small tip on the tube, which makes it stream in a smaller line, good for writing. The only tough part about using the colored gutta is that you cannot tell if it has penetrated the silk completely, thus occasionally leaks occur. That's the serendipity of silk painting. Yes, the silk has a brocade design. 11" x 60" Sold!
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