KAWS and painting on silk

Earlier in the month I attended the Kansas Alliance of Weavers and Spinners conference in Lawrence. This event is fairly short so alot is packed into the weekend. Among the workshops offered were weaving with metal, crocheting with wire, Americanized Shibouri tie dye technique and silk painting. I painted a silk scarf in one of two workshops offered by Valerie Bashaw. She is a very good teacher. Her experience includes teaching at a private school in MO and being a member of Best of Missouri Hands. Most of you got to see the scarf I dyed when we went to the Duegaw exhibit Wednesday last. I used my wrench stencil to create the design. Lines were drawn using a gooy resist colored with some of the dye. Then I painted on liquid dyes using a watercolor brush. Texture was created by sprinkling salt onto wet dyed areas of the central body of the scarf and applying rubbing alcolhol to the dyed border while wet and dry. I recommend letting the dye dry before application of the alcohol. A fun and worthwhile learning experience is the bottom line. - margaret