Silk Painting Frames

To move our skills to the next level, we will use  a painting frame to stretch the silk.
There are many types of silk painting frames, the picture below shows an assortment of frames offered by Art for Happiness which is my company but you can just browse the internet and discover the silk-painting frames that suit you the best.

Those frames above (brand: Javana) are made of wood as opposed to other brands that offer wood and metal frames.
Two important attributes of Javana wood frames:

1. The soft wood allows to pin the silk directly to the frame, which is easy to do therefore suitable for the beginners in the silk-art.
2. The frames are fully adjustable which allows to stretch silk in irregular sizes (most of the silk blanks are hand rolled therefore vary in the exact measurements). You will love this aspect especially when you work a volume and need to exchange the stretched work for another in the "same size".

There are several ways how to attach the silk to the frame and we will talk about those in the next post.

With the picture above you also see that silk scarves are not the only product you can create.
Scarves, wall-heangings and framed silk-art, pillows, clothing, garments, ties plus umbrellas, purses and and and.....where ever your immagination and creativity can take you - sky is the limit:)
Enjoy your Monday:)