Thread: Painted designs on silk veils

Hi all,

I only dance with silk veils (love the flow and find that aesthetically they are unmatched) but I usually dance with the ones with stripes or solid coloring. I was wondering if anyone had some gorgeous handpainted silk ones that also had a design painted on them? I'm not sure if the additional detail will be beautiful or lost in movement or distracting from the dancer/her costume? Thoughts?

Thanks!

This popped into my mind immediately....

In this thread : "Photo Thread - Share your favorite dance photos!"

www.bhuz.com/showthread.php?51272-Photo-Thread-Share-your-favorite-dance-photos!
scroll down and you will see the lovely Qamar60 and her butterfly veil. Absolutely gorgeous! I believe she may have made it herself (?? and please correct me if I am wrong) This is a very good example of a patterned veil working well

Other than that, I haven't come across patterned veils, for sale or in a collection.

im actually in the middle of working on creating such things :) what type of design were you looking for?

I may be imagining it, but I thought I saw some at A'kai a while back that had some little flowers or something painted on them. Jesennia, are you out there?

That's a really neat idea. Not something you'd want to use every time, but that could really do some interesting things for a performance.

Originally Posted by quamar

This popped into my mind immediately....

In this thread : "Photo Thread - Share your favorite dance photos!"

www.bhuz.com/showthread.php?51272-Photo-Thread-Share-your-favorite-dance-photos!
scroll down and you will see the lovely Qamar60 and her butterfly veil. Absolutely gorgeous! I believe she may have made it herself (?? and please correct me if I am wrong) This is a very good example of a patterned veil working well

Other than that, I haven't come across patterned veils, for sale or in a collection.

Thank you!

Yes, I made it using a large embrodery ring and Setasilk mediums from Pebeo.

Also those big makers (same company) Setaskrib are fun an easy to use. I printed butterfly patterns in different sizes, place the paper under the fabric (embrodery ring) and just follow the drawing of the design.

I have to be honest and mention that is a few OOPS on that veil, but nothing that is noticable upfar when you are dancing.

Have fun with your project.

I used to hand-paint silk veils with all sorts of stuff - maybe next week when I'm less busy I'll come back and post some photos of my work on silk. I think it depends on the design, some will just get lost on stage, but some can totally enhance the dance.

David Ludwig has done some really interesting work - I really like his Scheherezade inspired veils.

http://www.ludwigdesign.com/silk_art/

Also Helena Datura danced with a veil she painted herself for Project Belly Dance - you can see her performance a 7:11 in the first clip of solos from Episode 1 here:

http://topbellydancer.com/performances.html

You can see some of the swirls and briefly the moth that is on there.

Originally Posted by JeanneLF

I may be imagining it, but I thought I saw some at A'kai a while back that had some little flowers or something painted on them. Jesennia, are you out there?

Here is a hand-painted A'kai that I received last month from my Secret Habibi. It's painted on both ends. (Forgive the wrinkles... I hadn't ironed it yet)

I hope you can see the photo here:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Farida...60385537311865

Farida (Iowa) has an inside track to beautiful painted veils -- her mother is a professional artist.

Originally Posted by tigerb

I hope you can see the photo here:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Farida...60385537311865

Farida (Iowa) has an inside track to beautiful painted veils -- her mother is a professional artist.

ooohhh - pretty!

We have a fabulous artist in Montreal who does hand-painted work on silk. This is a great video to show the effect:



Here is her website if you're interested in checking it out: http://www.soiesminifee.com/

Farida, that veil is gorgeous! You made that!??! Do you sell them? if so, how much?

Originally Posted by Qamar60

Thank you!

Yes, I made it using a large embrodery ring and Setasilk mediums from Pebeo.

Also those big makers (same company) Setaskrib are fun an easy to use. I printed butterfly patterns in different sizes, place the paper under the fabric (embrodery ring) and just follow the drawing of the design.

I have to be honest and mention that is a few OOPS on that veil, but nothing that is noticable upfar when you are dancing.

Have fun with your project.

That is a BEAUTIFUL veil!! So the Setasilk didn't change the way the fabric moved? Cool... I'm going to try that. Thank you for the inspiration!

Originally Posted by tigerb

I hope you can see the photo here:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Farida...60385537311865

Farida (Iowa) has an inside track to beautiful painted veils -- her mother is a professional artist.

That is stunning!!! *very jealous* :-)

There Silks in Brazil has the most amazing hand painted silk veils, fans, wings. She will be in the Las Vegas BD intensive.

Here is her facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/SilkByThere

And her page in portuguese:
Silk By There - Vus de Seda Personalizados fazemos vrios tipos tais como Wings, Vus de Seda, Vu Leque Fan, Poi Vu, Artistico, Colorido, Arco Iris, Leno de Quadril, Borboleta, Zebra, Bandeiras, Degrades em Geral, Florais, Fogo, Mandalas, Rosas, atende

Her work is breath taking!

I haven't made any lately but yes I used to paint flowers on the edges of veils..also had some with
henna tribal style designs as well..will try to find photos

yeah I agree her work is fabulous