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Silk Painting using "Hidden" Gutta Lines

The Traditional way of using Gutta Lines

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A design is placed behind but not touching the silk and the line is traced onto the unpainted white silk with gutta outliner that acts as a resist.

The outliner can be either clear water-soluble gutta, clear spirit based gutta, or permanent coloured, metallic or pearlized gutta. The gutta must be dry before painting the silk.

A hairdryer can be used to speed the drying process.

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Paint or dye is applied to the silk to one side of the resist line. If the area is large, paint will spread more evenly if the silk is first dampened with clean water. A hairdryer can be used to dry the paint.

Paint or dye is applied to the other side of the resist line in the same way. A hairdryer can again be used to dry the paint.

The paint or dye is fixed following the method recommended by the manufacturer and if water-soluble or spirit based gutta has been used the resist line is removed again following the method recommended by the manufacturer.

A line of white unpainted silk is revealed separating the coloured areas.

If coloured, metallic or pearlised permanent gutta was used the coloured resist line will remain separating the painted areas.

The "Hidden" way of using Gutta Lines

A design is placed behind but not touching the silk. At this stage no gutta outliner is applied to the silk. The silk is prepared for painting by dampening with clean water.

The lightest colour of paint or dye is applied to one side of the design line and allowed to flow over the design line into the unpainted area.

The silk must be dried with a hairdryer to halt the flow of paint into the unpainted area. The edges of the painted area are soft because the paint was applied to damp silk.

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The line is traced onto the painted silk with outliner, either clear water-soluble gutta or clear spirit based gutta. A hairdryer can be used to speed the drying process.

The silk is dampened to the side of the resist line that is only partially painted with care being taken not to wet the resist line if water-soluble gutta has been used.

A darker colour of paint or dye is applied over the partially painted silk right up to the resist line. If this area is small the paint can be applied directly to dry silk.

A hairdryer can be used to dry the paint.

The paint or dye is fixed following the method recommended by the manufacturer and the water-soluble or spirit based gutta line is removed again following the method recommended by the manufacturer.

The colours touch with no separating line of white silk.

This technique does not work if permanent gutta is used.

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