Monday, February 3, 2014

Make a window treatment with organza

This is a patchwork which can be used as a window treatment or a partition for ornamental purposes. When I was into a natural dyeing after studying about that, I had a fasciantion for colors of nature so did tried several things everytime I finished dyeing. The posting about the natural dyeing for these works is here.

I sometimes take pictures of works for in studio and I have a try it as a partition.(I'm using a joint office where the Korea goverment offers for small enterprise for young people, and it offers a photo studio as well) This work was originally designed to be a window treatment but also could be used as a partition. But the fabrics of it are see-through, as possible as see that my partner is working hard, so it's better used for decoration than for function. An untransparent partition can make feeling that a space is small but if the partition use see-through fabric, Silk Organza, then can make the atmosphere of the room coolly without looking small. 
Also, Silk Dupioni Organza's stiff feature can give final product a crisp and formal appearance so that the result has a neat impression rather than it is made with genaral silk. So the wall treatment or the lighting is suitable for the making of interior props.

I used the Silk Dupioni Organza for the main in the middle of the patchwork and also used Silk Organza for the rest part. You may can assort the difference between Silk Organza and Silk Dupioni Organza. Both of them are 100% silk but there is a delicate difference from which cocoon's tread is used. Silk Dupioni Organza is made from Douppioni, so it naturally has irregular slubs and layers from that. If you click 'Silk Dupioni Organza' on every posting, you can get some information about that silk.


There is a clear difference in pictures below. Silk Dupioni Organza has the biggest feature of Douppioni, slubs. It also has feature of net as can see weft and warp by visuality. On the other hand, the organza silk is see-through and has a soft and genaral feeling more from closely weaving. These two types of silk are the same good for dyeing well with natural materials.

It's really different feeling that hang the organza silk work only. Silk Dupioni Organza has stiff feeling like paper while Silk Organza has soft and warm feeling.


Silk Dupioni Organza is also kind of silk fabric. If the wall treatment or the rug is designed with Silk Dupioni Organza then it can be like silk more; the neat silk that is less soft feeling and not to be made small wrinkle. When it is on the wall or floor, the original color is shown best. The see-through feature is affected by a background color.

In the case of the window treatment or curtain which is well affected by light, the silk is displayed as a variety of color by the intensity and direction of the light. Also the biggest feature of the Silk Dupioni Organza, naturally irregular in texture, makes the silk look glassy sometimes. Because of that, the patchwork with the Silk Dupioni Organza can be more like stained glass.

So I recommend to use Silk Dupioni Organza for making lightings. The lighting is not on all the time, so the state of lights-out is also important. Silk Dupioni Organza has basic beauty of silk fabric, so it can be a part of interior with a pattern of a lighting-cover even when the lighting is out. Of course, it's faithful to the lighting beaurifully with a see-through feature. If you want to make a lighing with Silk Dupioni Organza, don't hesitate to contact me. I may send some. :)