CLASS 5

SILK PAINTING

March 12, 2009 in our New York studio.
1 Day intensive course (9 am to 4 pm)
Suitable for intermediate students.
Course fee: $230.00

This workshop will present silk painting techniques and designs utilizing the serti technique. Including introduction to this technique, transfer of images to silk, application and color mixing.

Students will be preparing samples of several silk painting techniques on dupioni quality silk, incorporating exisiting designs and development of their own. Demonstrations of gutta and dye applications will be presented with color mixing and painting techniques.

The Serti (closing or fence) technique is the silk painting technique where designs are formed with gutta -based resists. Once the gutta has dried, it acts as a barrier for the dye or paint--keeping the color within the outlined areas of the design and allowing you to achieve sharply defined borders. (Without this barrier, the dye or paint would flow into more of an abstract, undefined pattern.) This is a beautiful technique that has many applications.