Showing posts with label eperon d'or. Show all posts
Showing posts with label eperon d'or. Show all posts

Sunday, 26 May 2013

Eperon d'Or Hermes Scarf silk printing from start to finish

I know that some of you are probably sick of anything Hermes 
but this post is for those of you who wanted to see the scarf being printed from beginning to end.  
Silk screen printer with the ripped scarves as trimming

 In fact, a few of my friends who don't live in Europe asked for a proper step by step demonstration which I wasn't able to do as seen from Part 2 of the Artisan Festival post as I was standing on the wrong side and I had an appointment to go to.

So I got there early and took a picture of each press.

Here it is and thanks for your patience!

Saturday, 25 May 2013

Part 2 Hermes Festival des Metiers London Saatchi Gallery

This exhibition was unusual from the other exhibits that I had seen from Hermes in that it illustrated so many different crafts.  
This was the first time I had seen silk scarf screen printing.
Aren't these scarves hanging lovely as installation art?
The silk screen artisan plus one of the managers at the Lyon based silk press was there to present one of the silk screen sessions 
that take place 4 times a day.
These strips of scarves that didn't make the grade was hanging from the table.  I wanted to stitch them all back together.
This tasseled look could work for my bed.
They rolled out the silk that is made from Brazilian silk worms.
They set the silk properly and tightly with no air bubbles underneath to ensure a smooth print.