The Art of Silk Scarves

June 25, 2010

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When you first look at a piece of art the first thing do you think of is how much value it could come to worth or the creators purpose. When viewing silk scarves the simplicity of the art work would only allow a person to think of its prints but the process is not always simple as copy and pasting a bunch of prints. Silk scarves are not to only be seen as a sense of fashion or that one piece that allows people embrace the art work from generation to generation to see another piece to be viewed.

            Silk becomes an artist canvas. For centuries most notably in the Far East silk has had a sensual meaning and beauty that inhibits the wearer. Even with women known as Geisha’s who were introduced to the western culture, were notice not only for their beauty but their garments that draped their delicate yet classical bodies. Silk was to not only inspire a woman to have that high ranking in society but also be the one to wear such art sought out by many of their time. With silk garments like kimonos one was able to see the beauty of flowers, or trees, any environmental element or even animals depicted with such clarity you would think a woman was caring it as a miniaturize on the back of her garment.

            If you read about the cultural fashion from three decades ago you can see the importance of silk and how it was seen as a prized possession not only for its worth but the silk scarf or shawl or dress was seen to hold that artist gift. A gift that was shared each time he or she created an individual piece for an individual woman. Although there can be prints placed onto silk scarves hand made silk shawls and scarves, if noticed, hold the most value. Not that they cost the most but that they hold a connection to that artist who wanted to share his or her love for the art of painting silk. It’s not every day a person can say that they’re a silk painter, and love the art forms that they have to share to the world and its ever growing sense of fashion.

            Today silk scarves, and shawls and garments seem to speak elegance and give off another artful sensation in the fashion world. You can see the craftsmanship in each stroke and each pick up of the brush. This exemplifies the great care that goes into silk scarves and silk shawls. Handmade silk scarves show an artist’s love and care into the making of such a garment. The canvas becomes the silk and the scarf becomes one of a customer’s very own. It is truly wearing a piece of art. And if in search of such rare beauty womensclothingtoday.com display some of today’s rarest. Although handmade silk scarves are can be considered fashion and a piece of art to that artist who created it would be considered first and imagination and that was so willingly placed onto a canvas that would soon be a human being to wear and show the world that beauty in silk prevails.

 

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