I bought some silk to paint on, it was used in China for sumi-e before paper was invented. I chose an off white raw silk with great texture.
There is not much info online about painting sumi on silk, most of what I found was using modern paints and resists. So I cut two squares and gave it a go. I used the bird I had just learnt.
I had put a felt blotter under it but it still bled a lot. With the next one I put carlton roll over the felt under the silk and it absorbed the excess ink much more readily. The second one did bleed but not as much.
Now I'm going to iron these and wash them to see if they become colour fast
There is not much info online about painting sumi on silk, most of what I found was using modern paints and resists. So I cut two squares and gave it a go. I used the bird I had just learnt.
I had put a felt blotter under it but it still bled a lot. With the next one I put carlton roll over the felt under the silk and it absorbed the excess ink much more readily. The second one did bleed but not as much.
Now I'm going to iron these and wash them to see if they become colour fast
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