Investigating Silk

As a follow up for our trip to see the Travelling The Silk Road exhibition at the National Museum of Australia we had some hands on investigation. I just happened to have some silk moth cocoons and various bi-products of the silk making process on hand in my art stash. We also tried out silk painting.

Silk materials to investigate

Feeling silk fibres

Drawing onto silk fabric with outliner

Silk painting by R

Silk painting by L