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Silk Wiki

Wiki Articles

SILK

- Buying Silk and Supplies

- Instructional Books and Videos

- Silk History

BRUSHES

PAINT vs. DYES

- Silk Dyes

- Silk Paints

RESISTS

- Solvent Based Gutta

- Water Soluble Gutta-Like Resists

- Resistad

- Wax Resist

- Sodium Alginate

- Application Tools

STRETCHING SILK

- Wooden Stretcher Bars

- Iron-on Freezer Paper

- PVC Frame

PAINTING ON UNSTRETCHED SILK

TECHNIQUES

- Serti technique

- Anti Spread

- Batik

- Dye Thickener

- Alcohol

- Stamping / Stenciling

- Salt

- Shibori

- Discharging

STEAMING

- Steaming Dyed Silk using a Steamer

- Steaming using a pot

- Removing Steamed-in Creases

- Microwave Steaming

FRAMING

- Framing Without Glass

- Framing Under Glass

Framing Silk Art by Diane Lawrence

- Framing Without Glass

- Framing Under Glass

MISCELLANEOUS TIPS

- Testing for Real Silk

- Painting en plein air

CONTRIBUTORS

This Index Page contains links to encyclopedia-like articles concerning silk painting. We invite any silk artist to help us write, expand, edit articles on this Wiki. Do not worry about the format. Here is an Example Wiki Article.

Bolhuis - Wiki

Painting by Linda Bolhuis

Seinen - wiki

Painting by Margriet Seinen

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Background images by Deborah Younglao.