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