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Silk Hankies 1
Silk hankies are made from silk cocoons which are stretched onto a mold. They are layered,...
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Uploaded on Sep 12, 2007
Silk Hankies 2
Here you can see the individual layers. Each layer is made from one cocoon.
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Silk Hankies 3
The layers are separated by peeling them apart at one edge.
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Silk Hankies 4
Silk Hankies 5
To prepare for spinning or knitting, a hole is made in the center of the layer.
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Silk Hankies 6
The layer can then be stretched to attenuate the fiber.
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Silk Hankies 7
Here I've drafted the hankie out to the thickness that I want.. This is still in a big...
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Silk Fiber Fusion 1
First I gathered the supplies I needed: A - nylon netting, B - plastic to cover the...
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Uploaded on Aug 16, 2006
Silk Fiber Fusion 2
A piece of netting is laid out on the plastic. A thin layer of silk roving is teased out...
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Silk Fiber Fusion 3
The netting is folded over so that the silk is sandwiched in between the 2 layers. A mixture of...
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Silk Fiber Fusion 4
After a thorough wetting, the netting is lifted so that embellishments can be added. Here I am adding bits of silk noil.
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Silk Fiber Fusion 5
The netting is folded over the top a second time and the entire thing is rewetted.
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Silk Fiber Fusion 6
Next it is painted with a 50/50 mixture of acrylic gloss medium and water.
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Silk Fiber Fusion 7
My second experiment used a blue silk roving base with silk throwsters waste embellishment. I simply drew a few out and laid them on top.
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Silk Fiber Fusion 8
Here I have used the blue silk roving as the base and embellished with the brightly dyed silk noils.
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Silk Fiber Fusion 9
The piece was made entirely of the dyed noils. The had to be teased apart and laid down in layers.
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Silk Fiber Fusion 10
The wet pieces are allowed to dry thoroughly. I layed them out on a towel and turned...
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Silk Fiber Fusion 11
After they had dried for 24 hours, the netting is gently peeled away.
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Uploaded on Aug 16, 2006
