Treenway Silks | Artwork

karen selk, heart of gold, silk fusion, stitching

Treenway Silks has been hard at work creating our own artworks using silk fibres, silk threads and ribbons, beads and more. Here are a few of our latest pieces.

We used silk fusion, silk threads and ribbons, beads and charms, lace, dyed silk fibres (throwsters waste, carrier silk rods), silk coccons, wire, paint, stamps, shells, buttons and lots of imagination!

To learn about silk fusion see The Inside Out of Silk Fusion. This technique is great for creating paper-like sheets of silk fibre fused together ready for stitching, collage, stamping, sewing, embellishing, journal covers, hats, vests and on and on. Silk fusion can be gossamer thin or sturdy as leather. You can use dyed or natural Tussah silk fibre to make silk fusion and embed feathers, lace and other silk fibres. Silk fusion can also be molded into 3 dimensional shapes for scultural pieces.

We hope you find our works inspiring!

Weaving
"Hollyhock" Sue Earle	"Blue Blood" Sue Earle
Sue used 3.5mm and 7mm wide silk ribbon as the warp in this scarf sett at 7.5dpi and a novelty yarn for the weft. She wove it on the Ashford Knitter's Loom.	Sue wove this scarf with 8/2 reeled silk and 20/2 spun silk in the warp and 30/2 spun silk in the weft. Sett 12.5 epi. 5¾" x 51".
"Red silk scarf" Sue Earle	"Silk & Cashmere Scarf" Sue Earle
Sue used 20/2 spun silk in the warp and weft as well as a 8/2 reeled silk yarn and novelty bouclé and eyelash yarns, warped randomly. 12"x49".	Sue hand spun natural colour Bombyx silk and Tussah silk as well as cashmere to weave this fabulous scarf. 7" x 57".
"Silk Scarf & Detail" Karen Selk	*Collapsed Tussah Silk & Wool Scarf* by Karen Selk
Karen used natural Muga silk and hand-dyed reeled 8/2 silk yarns in this gorgeous silk scarf. 5½" x 58"
Silk Fusion
"Sunburst" Karen Selk	*Detail*
Karen used hand–dyed silk hankies and gloss varnish to create this stunning vessel. This technique is refered to as silk fusion or sometimes silk paper or silk felt.
"Intertwining" Sue Earle
Sue made the silk fusion with 3 layers of tussah silk roving and embedded reeled silk yarn on the top layer. The diagonal plaited basket was inspired by award winning basket maker Joan Carrigan.
Surface Design

*Earth's Beauty* by Karen Selk Karen created this prayer flag with a multicoloured hand-dyed silk fusion background with embeded silk threads and roving then added beads, lettering and stamping.

*Diversity* by Karen Selk Karen created this prayer flag with a multicoloured hand-dyed silk fusion background then added appliqué silk ribbons and threads as well as beads, charms, text and lace.

*Home & Garden* by Karen Selk Karen created this prayer flag with a multicoloured hand-dyed silk fusion background with pressed flowers embedded. She then added lettering, nature printing, paint and beads .
"Silk Cocoon Napkin Rings" Trish Murray
Trish embellished hand-dyed silk cocoons with paint and bead and threaded the wire through the cocoons for these funky napkin rings.
Dyeing & Spinning
Hand–dyed and spun Tussah silk & Romney wool Teri Shaw	Hand–dyed and Navaho spun wool (top) Tussah silk (bottom) Teri Shaw
Trading Cards
"mmmm" Sue Earle	"Circle of Life" Sue Earle
Sue used silk fusion (made with natural Tussah silk) as a base for both these pieces. The carrot and circle are both created from hand-dyed degummed throwster silk waste.
"Home" Sue Earle	"Lace & Shell" Sue Earle
Sue used silk fusion as a base for these 2 pieces. "Home" has a dyed Tussah silk base and a natural Tussah silk piece for the house which has been stamped on. The green edging in the "Lace & Shell" piece is hand-dyed degummed throwsters silk waste.
"Woman" Teri Shaw	"Summer Haze" Susanna Kong
Teri used a piece of dyed silk fusion over natural silk fusion as a base and embellished with a silk cocoon cut open, silk yarn and ribbon for stitching, beads and charm.	Susanna used silk fusion (made with natural Tussah silk sliver) as a base for this card with a stamped dragonfly on hand-dyed silk fusion stitched with silk threads.
"Midnight Sun" Susanna Kong	"Woman" Susanna Kong
Susanna used silk fusion (made with hand–dyed and natural Tussah silk sliver) as a base for these cards stitched with silk threads.
Earrings
"Ruby Tuesday" Teri Shaw	"Key to your Heart" Teri Shaw
Teri cut open hand–dyed silk cocoons to create these fantastic earrings.
Tassels
Karen Selk	Sue Earle
Karen and Sue cut open hand-dyed silk cocoons and created the tassels with hand-dyed silk threads.
Collage
Karen Selk Karen used silk fusion (made with hand-dyed Tussah silk) as a base and embellished with carrier silk rods, hand-dyed cocoon strippings, paint, beads, charms and metallic thread.
Teri Shaw Teri created this collage using silk fusion, paints, dyed degummed throwsters waste and stamping.