Post by caterina on Feb 5, 2022 12:23:30 GMT
Hello.
Just sharing my latest abstract, made with merino wool, pre-felted merino wool samples strips and bits, natural tussah and eri silk, white and grey flax, and recycled yarn (rescued from my grocery shopping delivery boxes).
www.dropbox.com/s/v14qf05s125mnko/img_20220205_115858.jpg?dl=0
I wanted to try eri silk: I get pretty confused about all the different types of silk! I bought it from World of Wool and they sell it for papermaking, so I think it is probably not good for wearables, but I did not mind as I planned to use it for paintings or sculptures or such like artworks, where maybe characteristics of stiffeness or such are desirable instead of a nuisance.
I was a bit too shy to use more than a few wisps, but I plan to try to make a sample with more of it, to understand better its limits and possibilities, as it is really lovely. The three colours that I bought are undyed but quite surprisingly colourful (a light yellow, a bright ocre, although they sell it as red, and an almost pure white) and very shiny. I really liked them and they felted just like tussah silk, without any fuss.
Here is the eri silk:
www.dropbox.com/s/fy6wrlyrjdi67m9/img_20220205_121618.jpg?dl=0
Here is a detail of natural red eri silk in my painting:
www.dropbox.com/s/hq85fwhef7z7qg6/img_20220205_121630.jpg?dl=0
Just sharing my latest abstract, made with merino wool, pre-felted merino wool samples strips and bits, natural tussah and eri silk, white and grey flax, and recycled yarn (rescued from my grocery shopping delivery boxes).
www.dropbox.com/s/v14qf05s125mnko/img_20220205_115858.jpg?dl=0
I wanted to try eri silk: I get pretty confused about all the different types of silk! I bought it from World of Wool and they sell it for papermaking, so I think it is probably not good for wearables, but I did not mind as I planned to use it for paintings or sculptures or such like artworks, where maybe characteristics of stiffeness or such are desirable instead of a nuisance.
I was a bit too shy to use more than a few wisps, but I plan to try to make a sample with more of it, to understand better its limits and possibilities, as it is really lovely. The three colours that I bought are undyed but quite surprisingly colourful (a light yellow, a bright ocre, although they sell it as red, and an almost pure white) and very shiny. I really liked them and they felted just like tussah silk, without any fuss.
Here is the eri silk:
www.dropbox.com/s/fy6wrlyrjdi67m9/img_20220205_121618.jpg?dl=0
Here is a detail of natural red eri silk in my painting:
www.dropbox.com/s/hq85fwhef7z7qg6/img_20220205_121630.jpg?dl=0
