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Shiborri:
Creating Color and Texture on Silk by Karren K. Brito Karren demonstrates her rendition of American shibori, sharing her authoritative knowledge of silk, dyes, dyeing and discharge. She reveals how to formulate colours, create a variety of resists and set textures. This beautifully designed and illustrated book provides a thorough understanding of each step in the shibori process and the information needed to execute original designs. $38.95 |
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Dye
Plants and Dyeing by Margaret Cannon This book contains diagrams of plants, descriptions of structures, cultivation information, history as a dye source and the best method of use based on the author’s experiments with forty-eight plants from different parts of the world. This is by far the best and most organized book on natural dyes I have come across. $27.95 |
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Batik:
modern concepts and techniques by Noel Dyrenforth The author shares his years of experiences by graphically detailing the various step-by-step processes of modern and traditional batik. Dyeing is extensively covered with brush, dip, spray and discharge applications. The illustrations in this book are very clearly written and laid out. Historical pieces are noted for their techniques while modern works really show where the art form is progressing. $43.95 |
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The
weekend crafter: marbling by Laura Sims A good book that’s fully colored and illustrated showing this time honored technique. Covering the materials used, the various combing techniques and very useful ideas for making lamb shades, boxes, fabric quilts and table runners. $22.95 |
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The
weekend crafter: Batik by Diana Light Learn batik the easy way as you make 21 bright and colorful projects by following these simplified techniques. Make contemporary items with easily reproducible patterns. Decorate pillows, paint scarves, and spruce up an old couch or even curtains. $22.95 |
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Beginner's
guide to Silk Painting by Caroline Earl A new beginner guide that’s up-to-date. Covering the obvious basics with gutta, dyes and paints, the book also explores some “paint” techniques (foiling, stamping and screen printing) to add a unique flair to your silk works. This book also features many examples and suggestions for making a wide range of items also (not just scarves). $22.95 |
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Silk
painting for beginners by Jilly Clay A more traditional silk painting book, this progressive course provides a thorough grounding in the skills and applications. Along with the basics, unique subjects covered are marbling, salting, creating borders, anti-fussants, ombrés and watermarks. $27.95 |
July 2004
- new “student-grade” squeegees: Our regular squeegee is solidily built and will last years. Those starting out may wish to have a simplier, lighter squeegee for the occasional print job. About 40% less than our “full size” pro units. These are wooden handles with a softer 50 durameter blade. Our pro squeegees have a larger wood handle and a durable urethane – 65 durometer.
| Size | Student Grade | Pro Grade |
| 8” | $14.50 | $24.00 |
| 10" | $18.00 | $30.00 |
| 14" | $25.00 | |
| 15" | $45.00 |
- Blocking Agent & Drawing Fluid: this is a simple 3 step process for making a screen without the extra steps of using Photo Emulsion. Although not made for complex images (text and fine line work), it’s still faster than exposing with lights. Both Bloxking Agen and Drawing Fluid are $9.95 for 8oz and $29.95 for a quart
- Chinese Brocades: Although slightly delayed by a backlog in the Vancouver sea port, we expect a complete selection of brocades again in mid July with an updated web site.
- Lightweight linen: We have added a new, lightweight linen to our line of fabrics. This gorgeous fabric is perfect for making summer shirts, scarves and skirts. It is a 100% linen, 49” wide and bleached white. For ordering purposes, the code number is L1004. Our price is $13.95/yd
- New 12”x16” aluminum screens: Our new pre-stretched 20” x 24” aluminum screens have received incredible positive feedback. To accommodate smaller images, we have introduced another size. Measuring 12”x16” outside dimension, this screen can easily handle 7.5”x 11” images. You will need an 8” squeegee for printing and 9.25” coater if you plan to use emulsion. Our price is $30.00/screen for either 110 or 160 mesh counts.
- Premixed
Opaque Inks: With so much demand for printing on dark fabrics
and shirts, we’ve now introduced a pre-mixed line of Opaque
Inks. They are available in three sizes and come in white, red,
yellow and blue. They can be further intermixed to produce a larger
colour range.
8oz (235mL) $8.00
1 quart (900mL) $25.00
2 quarts (1.8L) $40.00 - Silk painting:
Fashion and Fine Art by Susan Louise Moyer – This fantastic
book is back in print! Going beyond the basics, Moyer provides
great information on designing for garments, color theory, and
finishing techniques plus instructions on wax resist, screen printing
and caring for your silks. A great intermediate and advanced book
$42.95
Silk Painting: Gutta and Wax Resist – This is Susan Moyer’s first book and still hands down the best Silk painting book. Unfortunately it is out of print, but we still have some stock. Get them while you can! $42.95
May 2004
- YLI Silk Thread in white and black $7.99/spool
April 2004
- Rayon white $12.95/yd & Black $15.95/yd (R1001 and RC1001-C) - black is discharable
- Aluminum Screens 20"x24" replaces the wood ones $45.00 ($10 less than the old style aluminum and only $4 more than wood with all the benefits)
- New color in our Liquid Colour Line - LC51 Tan
- New Applicator #5 Tip style...lower price of 4.50 (bottle&tip)
January 2004
- New 1.0L Sizes for our G&S Transfer Paints
October 2003
- New color in our Liquid Colour Line - LC35 Raspberry
June 2003
- G&S Transfer Paints - After Deka Transfer Paints were no longer available last year, we went out and developed our own line. Available in 7 colours + extender Base.
- FABRICS - We've now added Silk Knit (SK1001) to our line. this is sold in a 22" loop (85-185g/M). Price is $25.00/yd and Silk Noil in black (PC1003-C) at $10.95/yd
May 2003
- Chinese Brocades - We constantly add and update our site for all the colours and patterns we carry. A new shipment arrived. This year we re-organized the site with better photography
Jan -April 2003
- FABRICS - added the following: Silk Cotton Satin (M1003), Silk Cotton Satin Stripe (M1004), Silk Mesh (MH8), Chinese Cotton (T1010), Dutchess Silk Satin (E1007), Crinkle Georgette (F1004), Habotai 10mm in 56" width (D1007), Spun Silk Twill (H1003). See our fabric page for prices.
- G&S Liquid Colours - added two new colours; Light Green (LC63) and Violet (LC81)
- Pebeo
Soie Dyes - added a few more colours: Sun (02), Bougainvillea
(12), Pomegranate (15), Azure (37), Sienna (51) and Tobacco (78)
