CREATING FINE ART ON SILK : JEAN-BAPTISTE : HORSE EYED JACK

This video depicts how Master Silk Artist Daniel Jean-Baptiste creates unique art on silk. This one is of a horse eyed jack fish. Daniel is the originator of the shimmering light water technique, creating delicate hues of colour and light by painting wet-on-wet method in which liquid paints are delicately applied using small Sumi bamboo sheep hair brushes. The silk is positioned flat while suspended in a stretcher so that the wet colours can bleed freely on the fabric. The finished piece is wat