Dyeing silk fabric with salt is one of the easiest silk painting techniques to create beautiful designs on a silk scarf. In this tutorial, I hand dye silk satin fabric for an infinity scarf using the salt technique to create a pattern from blues to greens, with tips for beginners to experienced silk painters. Time lapse videos at the end show the salt pattern forming.
0:08 Blending dyes with Sumi brushes
0:22 Mixing dyes
0:32 Some dyes react better to salt
0:37 Cool weather is better
0:44 Sprinkle salt & add more dye
0:59 Time Lapse salt pattern forming
1:10 Finished infinity scarves
Graduated colors of dyes are blended together on the silk with Sumi brushes and sprinkled with silk salt while dy...