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Exquisite Silk Veils for the Bellydance Artist
	Audra is a professional silk painter and member of SPIN (Silk Painters International) She has been creating and selling her own line of silk veils to dancers for several years. In additional she creates scarves and other wearables for sale in boutiques and galleries. She has been painting and dying silk for 10 years. She studied this artform with several leaders in the field of silk painting, including Diane Tuckman, Jan Janas, Patricia Black, and Chetna Mehtna. The various methods used in her unique creations include, batik, gutta resist, water color techniques, arashi and other shibori techniques. She has developed her own unique methods for creating her signature line of veils.
About the History of Silk There is an old legend about the discovery of silk. According to the legend, a chinese princess by the name of Xi Ling Shi who was the bride of Emperor Huang Ti was sitting under a mulberry tree sipping tea and silk cocoon dropped into her cup. The delicate filaments began to unravel in the tea, and thus, the idea for unwinding the cocoon and weaving the filament into fabric was born. Silk fabric is created from the cocoon of the mulberry silk moth. The silk moth lays eggs, the eggs hatch into a worm, the silkworm eats only mulberry leaves, it builds it's cocoon around itself in one continuas filament. The cocoons are then unwound before the moth hatchs to be woven into silk fabric.
Audra is proud and delighted every single time she sees a beautiful dancer using her veils! Please send photos!
About Silk Silk is measured in a unit of weight called "momme" with a measurement of 3 momme being more lightweight than a measurement of 5 momme. The higher the number, the heavier the weight of the silk fabric. Most often the type of silk utilized in the creation of silk veils for our beautiful dance is "habotai" silk. This is lightweight floaty silk that comes in various weights. It is somewhat opaque and takes the colors of the dye in a beautiful faishon and has a somewhat reflective surface. Often 5 or 6 momme habotai silk is called "China Silk" and 3 or 4 momme silk habotai is refered to as "Paj Silk". Silk chiffon is also often used for veil dancing. Chiffon is also available in different weights and is much more transparent than habotai silk. In addition to these 2 fabrics there are many other fabrics produced from silk. These include charmeuse, satin, noil, and many others.