Anyway, continuing with my materials theme, this weeks Folksy Friday is about Silk. Now we all know that silk comes from the cocoons of the larvae of the silk moth caterpillar, but did you know that the shimmering lustre of silk is due to the triangular, prism like structure of the silk fibres which allows the cloth to refract incoming light at different angles thereby producing different colours! I love silk, or more precisely silk dupion. I love it's slubbed texture and the way it shimmers and it comes in some stunning colours. Here is my selection for this week:
This is a beautiful hand painted silk scarf from Ellie Hipkin Hand Painted Silks
Some love silk papers by Fantasytextiles
Cute silk Mary Janes from WINNIBRIGGS HOUSE
Gorgeous colours in this lovely hair clip from Kwur-kee
Some unusual silk bowls by foto art paper craft
This Kimono top is lovely, it's by MistressCollection
A lovely silk ribbon embroidered scented sachet from handmade by susanjane
A stunning silk Flower girl dress by Gilly Gray
A gorgeous grey silk taffeta rose necklace from The TatteredRose
And finally from me, a blue silk bag Wild Rose Designs
I hope you enjoyed my selection..
Linda
Wonderful features :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, glad you liked them :)
ReplyDeleteWhat lovely items. The necklace is stunning and I love the colour of your bag. Thank you for including my shoes, it's really kind of you.
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