Hand spun, hand woven silk. One-of-a-kind.

fabric: hand woven ahimsa silk

To create this runner I began with washing, mordanting and dying the fabric a base color. Next, for the first layer of pattern, I dyed the silk with cutch, incorporating a clamp-resist (shibori) technique. After the fabric was dry, I used hand block printing to add another layer of surface design. Then, after drying the silk for three or four days, I set, machine hemmed and pressed to finish.

This light weight silk is hand spun and hand woven in India. It is humanely harvested without harm to the silkworms. Woven and processed in small mills, this silk has a beautiful texture.

care: hand wash with mild shampoo, air dry and steam press on silk setting

size: 13" x 86"