“Do I have to wash my silk before I paint on it?” Great question!
Sylvia from the UK reached out with this question:
Video Length: 2 min 56 seconds
Hey Sylvia, here in Australia, I often bought my kilometres of silk from China, and I quickly learned I had to pre-wash everything, including the silk on a roll I was buying within Australia.
- I always suggested to my students that they try a small scarf or small piece of silk on a project, without pre-washing, and see how it goes.
When the silk dyes did not flow properly for me, that’s when I would discover that the silk had been treated with a product that needed to be washed out before I could hand paint my silk.
So it really depends on where you are buying your silk from, who you’re buying your silk from, and whether the treated silk is okay to paint silk dyes on directly or not 🙂
Best of luck with your experiments and have a fabulous time with your silk painting projects!
Let me know if you have any other questions about washing your silk before you paint on it 🙂
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Ciao ciao for now,
Teena Hughes | Silk Artist | Textile Designer | Unique Wearable Art
PS: Sylvia didn’t want her “face on a video”, but she was happy for me to use her “voice” so I chose an illustrated face for this video. We both think it turned out great! 🙂 What do you think?
