All pieces you see here are individually hand painted. Each piece starts out with a plain piece of white silk. I use a paintbrush to apply the color. Every motif and pattern is painted freehand, no stencils have been used.
There are different varieties of spun silk; chamreuse a heavier silk with a velveteen feel to it; chiffon a very airy and see-through lightweight silk; crepe de chine, a mix between the two.
After stretching the silk onto a work frame the paint gets applied by paintbrush, the paints are water-based used only for painting on silk. Paint will spread on silk. In order to create forms and shapes different techniques are used. In the paintings you see here I mainly use a ‘resist’ with which I can define forms. The ‘resist’ gets washed out at the end.
The last step is to make the color permanent through heat which makes the scarf washable. Some pieces are combined with another fabric, such as wool, raw silk, or woven silk. In those cases the piece needs to be dry cleaned.