Friday, March 9, 2012

Flower Smashing on Silk



March 9--Flower Smashing  Mordanted (alum) silk scarf, 
plastic on sturdy porch bench, old towel, silk scarf, flowers,
second plastic bag, wooden mallet
Flowers used: Viola, violet, grape hyacinth, violet leaves, 
kale leaves.
Results: Violas worked nicely, leaves were hard to get an 
impression from, kale didn't really work for me, violets
were to small, hyacinth seem to be good now, but some of 
the debris needs to dry and come off
Crepe de Chine may be the best type of silk for this
process, and the Habotai was rather flimsy.


This could be resmasheed, I think, maybe spraying with vinegar first to see what that does.

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