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Backing Silk with Mulberry Paper

August 10, 2015 by Lin Kerr Leave a Comment

My Dance books will have about 15-20 de-luxe copies with the cover made of pure silk. I trialled backing the silk this weekend. Now that I am sure it works, I'll sort out my screens to screenprint the covers. I bought some white Dupion silk at a good price and dyed it in tea to get a champagne colour. You boil two 'builders tea' bags for about 5 -10 minutes, then strain the tea into another saucepan through a kitchen towel in the bottom of a sieve. This will get rid of the sediment. Put the … [Read more...]

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