Foulard

A silk scarf ( shawl or silk scarf also called ) is a belonging to the female or male clothing accessory, which is usually made as a square piece of cloth made ​​of pure silk.

Use

A silk scarf can be worn in different ways:

• As a headscarf
• As a scarf
• As a bracelet
• Small-scale silk scarves as a handkerchief for men

Processing

Silk scarves come in many sizes: a small so-called Nickituch about the size of 50cm x 50cm. Other classic standard sizes are 70cm x 70cm, 90cm x 90cm or 110cm x 110cm. An oblong silk scarf is generally referred to as a scarf or silk scarf (French foulard ). Silk scarves can be monochrome, even painted or elaborately printed. Also, there are countless types of silk and qualities: crepe satin, chiffon, crepe de chine, twill, satin, habotai, pongee, jacquard, Bourée, georgette or wild silk. The classic silk scarf is square, made ​​of pure silk twill and 90cm x 90cm in size. It can be extremely diverse bound.

Colors and patterns

In paintings depicted silk scarves at the portrait and still life paintings are an allegorical symbol for the transience of beauty. A popular hobby is the silk cloth painting, a kind of batik to embellish monochrome towels. A well-known Internet provider alone lists about 250 different books on this pastime. Meanwhile, the default sizes set 110 x 110 cm and 140 x 140 cm in fabric painting by.

Binding instructions

Silk painting

The classical basis of the hobby is painting on silk pongee, but in crepe satin and chiffon color effects can be stronger and sharper contours are achieved. The outliner can be colored or colorless ( Gutta ), the latter can be washed out after painting, creating interesting colorless contours can be achieved. One can first draw the contours and paint the surfaces after drying - the silk paint bleeds quickly, but colors the points have been plotted on the contour means not to. Modern silk colors you can easily fix by ironing. They are mostly colorless and wash-fast.

Silk dyeing

The dyeing of silk fabrics is generally known by the English-language expression tying & dying. This artful textile technique of setting and dyeing is also called (in Japan) Shibori. Traces of it are found in various countries of Southeast Asia. The technique is internationally known as the Malay- Indonesian name Plangi. In India, this craft is exercised only in two states, Gujarat and Rajasthan, two neighboring regions in western India, and is called Bandhani.