Teena's videos for painting on silk

Someone asked me today if I had any videos on silk painting, and I thought it would be a good idea to list them in one place:

YouTube:



If you can't see the video above of me painting on silk, you can also click this link
- http://www.youtube.com/v/knN6s51abpg


If you can't see the video above of me painting on silk, you can also click this link
- http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6qGnHWhzfc

Animoto:

My silk bookmarks - http://animoto.com/play/0ibK0B3hszSWHPpjFDKrkQ

Painting on silk with my black gutta - http://animoto.com/play/dTgPbam07y1jzRt0y1VP2A

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Enjoy!!
Teena


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Silk Painting Classes in Sydney

Hi!

Happy Boxing Day!!

I've just finalised my schedule for silk painting classes in Sydney for the next six months, and you can read about them on this page:

http://abfab-australia.com/silk-painting-class.html

There's a good selection for Beginners and Intermediate students to choose from, in an easy-to-reach location in Annandale - you'll find a map on the page.

I look forward to seeing new faces and meeting new people who love silk as much as I do!

Ciao ciao
Teena!

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Shopping for Silk in Paris

I wrote a new Abfab Silk Newsletter today, and mentioned MOLINE, the famous series of Paris stores which house EVERYTHING you'd ever need in the way of fabric, textiles, haberdashery etc - exquisite!

Wish I was there RIGHT now :-)

Here's the photo I posted :

The rich colours of the silk are simply mouthwatering!

To read more, pop over to my Newsletter - and if you'd like to sign up, please do so - the more the merrier!

Teena

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Teena in lilac - Cairns 2004

I was going through old photos looking for something this afternoon, and spotted me looking VERY lilac :-)

The photo was taken in Cairns on 14th April, 2004 - and yes, my digital photos have date 'names', I can't help myself haha

I remember buying the pants and shirt over the internet from a textile dyer in Victoria - I just tried her website but unfortunately the domain is no longer active. It's summertime right now in Australia, and I'd love that outfit in my wardrobe right now. Alas and alack, it's in storage.

Certain clothes, aromas, fleeting memories can transport me to places and times long past. The waft of jasmine on a summer's evening takes me hurtling back through space and time to my childhood bedroom, where I had a jasmine vine growing outside my bedroom window. Other memories of those day include fresh cut grass, that yummy green aroma of hot summer.

Nothing arty to report today, just idle musings about life ...

Hope you're all having a gorgeous day or evening, wherever you are in the world.

Teena!


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Silk Painting Coffee Table Book

A website enquiry about one of my other websites got me thinking about a project idea which I keep pushing to the back of my very busy brain ... but this week I decided that to FINISH, I need to START :-)

I gathered photos of my silk painting adventures - recent and past - and started putting them in a square book template which will be perfect to sit on a coffee table.


Each photo above will appear on its own page - above you can see the 25 page book layed out - each page will have a description of the type of silk, dyes and other embellishments, techniques used - and I must say it was a lovely feeling to see this in one snapshot of my life (as shown above)!

The silk paintings or pieces of silk from scarves, wallhangings etc each hold a special memory for me, and this is like my own personal mosaic of some of the silk paths I've followed, some of the silken threads which have gently pulled me from country to country, adventure to adventure.

I have many more photos which I might add to this book or make a follow-up, but I'm pleased as punch to have got to this point ... now I need to FINISH it :-)

Pages in book : 20+
Size of page : 7.5 x 7.5 inches
Availability : as soon as it's ready :-)

You can zoom in a wee bit by clicking on the image above.

I'm so happy with it!
Teena


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Bold handpainted silk bookmarks

I love my new handpainted silk bookmarks!

Oh I've had such a fabulous time this past week, drawing and creating my new bookmarks

Each one is a fabulous mini-painting, which I've backed with white to help the truly bright colours show up, and then laminated to protect them. Oh what fun I had!

To view all the other BOOKMARKS, pop over to my website http://abfabdesigns.com/handpAInted-silk-bookmarks.html

Hope you're all having a gorgeous day!
Teena



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Baby shower gift

Silly me! I had run out of wrapping paper when I went to wrap the baby gift, so I quickly made some on the computer, printed four sheets of paper, taped them together and voila!

Here you can see the wrapped gift and the gorgeous little baby card:

We had a wonderful picnic down by the lake with about 15 women friends - everyone made something to eat to share, and it was such a feast - what a truly wonderful way to spend a summer's lunchtime in Sydney!

I hope you've had a gorgeous day as well ...

Teena

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Handpainted silk angel fish

A friend of mine is having a baby shower today and I've painted one of my Angel Fish to be framed to hang on the wall of the baby's room.

I've used Habotai silk, and my own homemade black gutta (outliner) made from alginate (seawood) and Procion fiber-reactive dye in black.

The rest of the colours are a mixture of fiber reactive dyes Drimarene K and Procion.

I have a series of cute little animals which I'll share with you soon.

I've also made an Animoto video of the silk bookmarks I've made this week, and include it here for you:

http://animoto.com/play/0ibK0B3hszSWHPpjFDKrkQ

And now it's time to laminate some of those bookmarks!

Have a gorgeous day,
Cheers
Teena



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