I made paper out of old paper scraps waaaaay back in my 20's. It was fun and I ended up painting on all of the ones I made back then. I've been a silk painter for many, many years and I've always wondered if I could tear my silk fabric into small pieces and make a kind of silk paper! You've answered that question for me, lol! Thank you! I'm about to watch your next video that's showing at the end of this one.....also about silk paper making. Thanks, again, for sharing your experiments! 😊
I am going to update the tutorial soon, so watch this space. I have been using viscose fibres very successfully since silk has been hard (and expensive) to get hold of
Absolutely it can be netting but not tulle, as this disintegrates. I use the mosquito netting which comes in sheets for putting over your windows. Hope that helps
yes, you can make it with wool roving, you just have to lay it out really thin, but you don't get the lovely sheen from the silk then. You could lay the bottom layer with wool and put silk and oddments on the top to get the same effect a little cheaper. glad you liked it, working on more
Combed wool top would be easier to work with… and if you use more animal fibers than silk or non-animal fibers, you could get them to felt together if you want, so that the felted fabric can survive some light washing.
In this video I was using tussah silk - I have used rose fibre and viscose but never tried tencel - you could card all the fibres together and then use them, or just try it and see what happens. You could also try using a base of tussah or mulberry and then putting the other fibres on top.
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I made paper out of old paper scraps waaaaay back in my 20's. It was fun and I ended up painting on all of the ones I made back then.
I've been a silk painter for many, many years and I've always wondered if I could tear my silk fabric into small pieces and make a kind of silk paper! You've answered that question for me, lol! Thank you!
I'm about to watch your next video that's showing at the end of this one.....also about silk paper making.
Thanks, again, for sharing your experiments! 😊
I’m glad you had fun, keep experimenting
Thanks for the tutorial. Excellent work and presentation.
I love the quiet.
I am going to update the tutorial soon, so watch this space. I have been using viscose fibres very successfully since silk has been hard (and expensive) to get hold of
What type of netting do you use? Can it be a fabric netting like tule?
Absolutely it can be netting but not tulle, as this disintegrates. I use the mosquito netting which comes in sheets for putting over your windows. Hope that helps
Wow this is a really neat effect! I think I'll give it a try. Have you ever tried using wool roving (I think that's what it's called)?
yes, you can make it with wool roving, you just have to lay it out really thin, but you don't get the lovely sheen from the silk then. You could lay the bottom layer with wool and put silk and oddments on the top to get the same effect a little cheaper. glad you liked it, working on more
Combed wool top would be easier to work with… and if you use more animal fibers than silk or non-animal fibers, you could get them to felt together if you want, so that the felted fabric can survive some light washing.
Thanks for this. Really clear and concise tutorial. I am looking forward to trying this out soon.
thank you so much, packs to make this are available in my shop at etsy.com/oliveoriginals
What type of silk fibres are you using is it Mulberry or tussah or can you use a ant fibre like rose or tencel
In this video I was using tussah silk - I have used rose fibre and viscose but never tried tencel - you could card all the fibres together and then use them, or just try it and see what happens. You could also try using a base of tussah or mulberry and then putting the other fibres on top.
Where can one find the silk? I am interested in trying this...
if you email me on olivedesignso@gmail.com I could make you up a pack if you are in UK. If USA, try etsy for silk papermaking packs
I love this! What kind of medium did you use?
in the previous video, I show you all the supplies that I use for this technique. I think that I used the matt medium which I mix with water
What is the “ medium”? Did I overlook an ingredient list?
You can use fabric medium watered down or gel medium. I mention all ingredients in the other video
What are the condom-looking things?