Silk Painting Starter Set

A perfect kit for the beginner featuring all of the essential materials and equipment.

Contains: silk designing hoop, 3 x 45ml silk paints, a 20ml tube of gutta resist, a brush, silk, salt and instructions.

Silk painting is the process of applying a 'gutta' resist to silk fabric, which acts as a barrier to silk paint. Gutta must penetrate the silk and be applied in an unbroken line to form a complete barrier. Silk paints can be used directly from the bottle, mixed together on a palette and painted onto the fabric with a brush. Once you are confident with your silk painting, there are countless interesting effects to try. You can limit the spread of the paint by diluting the paint or wetting the silk with clean, cold water. Or why not try the salt technique? Working on a flat surface, while your silk paint is still wet, sprinkle it with coarse sea salt. Leave paint to dry and then shake the salt from the silk. As the grains of salt absorb liquid there will be a watermark wherever the salt has been. Always remember silk paint is a permanent dye and will stain fabrics even before it has been fixed.

Ensure all surfaces and clothing are well covered before starting.