Lae Šťastná
I weave silk and natural fibres with subtle, plant-dyed colour, layering meaning, memory and presence, so each piece quietly holds what words cannot say.
Message
Afternoon light. Dry flowers. Warmth.
Memory paints everything in shades of gold.
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Naturally dyed and painted warp, own variations on draft, complex brocaded inlays with multiple patterns and wefts on both ends and the middle, loose fringes.
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268 x 74cm
Warp: 50% babycamel / 50% mulberry silk, tussah and slub mulberry silk, all dyed with acacia and quebracho, then painted with cochineal, lac, madder and a bit of sequoia
Weft: mulberry silk dyed with lac and cochineal
Brocade wefts: mulberry silk dyed with lac, muga silk
Electronic dobby loom, 16 shafts.
Drafts: own variations on Handweaving.net 79245 and sateen.
