Silk Scarf Batik Painting with Oksana Danziger
Workshop | Available
Wearable art! Create your own beautiful scarf with your artwork.
The Serti (closing or fence) technique is the silk painting technique where designs are outlined with gutter water-based resists, which are applied to white silk that has been bleached, dried and stretched. Once the gutta or water-based resist has dried, it acts as a barrier for the dye or paint keeping the color within the outlined areas of design and allowing you to achieve sharply defined borders. After the dye or paint has been properly set, the clear gutta or resist is removed, defining the color where the original line of fabric remains. This technique comes to us from Indonesia and originally used a wax as a resist.
We will learn how to transfer your design onto silk and outline a template on fabric, finishing up by painting with special silk dye. No experience necessary, open to all levels age 12+. This is a great opportunity for a parent and child or grandparent to share in the experience of creating art together. Makes for a great Mothers or Fathers Day gift.
- ALL Supplies will be provided by The Art Guild
Oksana Danziger
Oksana Danziger is a natural born creator with a passion for textile art. She works as a freelance textile artist for numerous studios - including Printfolio, Design Works International and Group Four. Oksana also teaches at the Art League of Long Island and conducts workshops in schools through the Huntington Arts Council. She taught in the surface design department at The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) as an adjunct professor.?Born in Moscow, Russia where she also received a classical art education from the Moscow School of Art, Oksana continued to study textile design at the Moscow State Textile University where she received a Master's Degree in 1986. Following graduation, she exhibited tapestry, silk paintings and fabric fine art collages throughout Russia's galleries and museums. She completed several residencies, including one in Torino, Italy. ?In 1991, Oksana moved to New York City where she lives and works today. She sold collections of her silk scarves at Henri Bendel in Manhattan and had a solo exhibition of silk paintings in Gallery One in Soho, New York. She regularly exhibits her work at the Art League of Long Island and Long Island Craft Guild.?In her spare time, Oksana is a certified yoga instructor and practitioner, teaching classes at local libraries and studios. She is a huge believer in meditation , aiming to fuse her art instruction with mindfulness practice.