silksquares.pdf

Silk Squares

By Janet Waterhouse

I have given general instructions

for silk painting which will allow you

to make whichever card you choose.

If you have several events coming up

why not try the whole set, if you have

a large piece of silk (see instructions)

you can paint them all in one go and

save a lot of time.

Materials Required:

Autofade pen.

Habotai 8 silk: 15cm x 15cm.

Silk frame and pins.

Silk paints.

Gold Gutta.

Rock salt.

Thin White card: 11cm x 11cm.

P. V.A. Craft Adhesive.

Card mount: AP53U Dark Green.

To Make The Cards:

Place the silk over the diagram of

your choice and trace over the gold lines

with the auto fade pen. The black lines

and dots show gutta which is added after

painting so leave them for now.

Using three point pins, pin the silk

onto the frame pulling it taut to get a

smooth flat surface. If you don’t have a

silk frame you could use an embroidery

hoop instead.

If you have a large piece of silk and

a large size frame you can do several

different designs, or even more than one

of the same design at once and cut them

apart later. Be sure to trace them with

enough room around each design for

mounting, our diagrams are too close

together for this as they had to be

arranged to fit on the page. I have added

a faint box around each diagram to show

the aperture size, you need to allow an

extra 1cm all round.

To keep the colours at the edge of

each design separate divide the silk into

picture areas with lines of gutta, make

sure you leave a large enough border

round each picture for mounting. Once

the silk is in the frame use gold gutta

to go over the lines traced from the

diagram and allow to dry.

Colour the main design first using

silk paints (leave the background), don’t

overload your brush and always start at

the centre of the pattern letting the paint run to the gutta

border. Wait for the main design to dry.

Paint the background blue and whilst the paint is still

wet lightly sprinkle with salt. The salt

will create lovely patterns of movement

in the paint. You could leave out the salt

and keep just a plain blue background if

you prefer.

When the background is dry gently

brush off the salt, this can be put back

into the pot to use again. Using gold

gutta and working freehand add the

lines and dots shown in black on the

diagrams which were to be added after

painting.

Remove the silk from the frame and

‘fix’ the colours, usually by ironing, but

follow the instructions on the pack.

Cut out the design leaving approx.

1cm all round for mounting. Run a thin

line of glue round the edge of the square

of white card and mount the work onto

this keeping it taut.

Open the card out flat and run a

thin line of glue round the back of the

aperture. Position it over the design and

press into place. Glue the card closed in

the usual way.

Actual Size

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