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 Hand
painted, vibrant silk scarf designs add that extra touch of elegance to
women’s casual and business attire. Luxurious silk scarves will supplement
your wardrobe with color, shine and originality. Individually created by
silk artist, Chelline Larsen.
Each silk scarf or silk wall hanging begins with the artist's original
design transferred onto white, 100% silk fabric. Using the Serti silk
painting technique, the design is then outlined with resist and painted
with high quality, fiber reactive dyes, specially formulated for use on
silk. Each piece is steam set to ensure brilliant, permanent colors.
The Serti (closing or fence) technique is the silk painting technique
where designs are formed with water-based resists, which are applied to
white silk scarves or yardage that has been pre-washed, dried and
suspended on a frame. Once the resist has dried, it acts as a barrier for
the silk dye —keeping the color within the outlined areas of the design
and allowing you to achieve sharply defined borders. (Without this
barrier, the silk dye would flow into more of an abstract, undefined
pattern.) After the dye has been steam set, the clear resist
is removed and a defining line the color of the original silk fabric
remains.
The quilted silk wall hangings are machine stitched using a free motion
technique and selected pieces are embellished with beads, crystals and sea
shells. The silk scarves and silk wall hangings are available in a variety
of design and color variations. The silk scarves are available at
wholesale prices to licensed retailers and custom designs for the scarves
are available.
Chelline lives in Soldotna, Alaska and works out of her home studio where
she creates colorful, nature inspired silk scarves and other silk
art creations. In 2005 she opened the Dragonfly Gallery in Soldotna where
she showcases her original , hand painted silk scarves, silk wall hangings
and quilted silk wall hangings. The gallery also features distinctive
handcrafted works by over 40 artists, including many local and Alaska
artists.
Chelline Larsen
PO Box 1722
Soldotna, AK 99669
Phone: 907-262-0480
Email:
chelline@pobox.alaska.net |
