Silk Dupioni Organza with Light

These are a small Window treatment and a Mobile which are maded with Silk Dupioni Organza. 

I think these are good examples to explain that how the Dupioni Organza  is affected by the light.

The mobile which could be cute under the lighting was completed by making with leftover pieces of cloths. Sewing Silk Dupioni Organza is easier than general silk and harder than cotton or linen. But if you do it with ironing then it may be easier to get better finished work than what you expect. This is a tip for people who has hobby doing sewing like me. In case you are a profecianal textile crafter who is adept at silk sewing then there's no difficulty.

As you know, stitching along the margins is quite difficult, and I took advantage of  the weakness for making the mobile. Silk Dupioni Organza is stiff, so when it is tried to make thin margin it makes big curves not small crease(which can be seen on general silk). That is I made the margin thin to make curve so that look solid.

In the dark, only with the light from back, the Silk Dupioni Organza has no more original color and the outlines become cleared by see-through feature of the fabric.

 

Silk Dupioni Organza show the original colors when the light is given evenly from front and back.(left) If the light shine only in front then the bright colors come out.(right)

Like this, the light affect the Silk Dupioni Organza a lot. Also it's natural dyed well because it's 100% silk so the silk dyed by natural color will be more beautiful it becomes a mobile. The mobile can be fully made with 100% silk. Because It needs only small pieces of cloths. 

The Window treatment by patchwork with Silk Dupioni Organza is next. It looks general fabric as the picture shows.



I made it as a Window treatment to point a window. The picture below shows well a variety features of Silk Dupioni Organza. First of all, the illegular thickness of treads from cocoons make illegular surface and color. Second feature is that it's 100% silk so it shiny differently with nylon or polyester. The last  feature is this fabric is affected by light very much more than other Organza. The lower part shows the original color with small light effect but the up part's color is almost disappear by the big, strong light.

It says that if the light only from back side make the colors on the fabric are faded and the outline is emphasized. But if the light comes from both front and back side to the fabric then the original colors come out. The colors can be changed by the amount and the side of the light.

The Silk Dupioni Organza shows delicate changing colors and it's more sensitive to the light than other see-through fabrics. The reason is that the silk's glitter is sensitive to the light as well. If you have a silk scarf then you can try it illuminates to the light moving back and forth. You may can see the color difference from that.