These are the first in a series of hand embroidered scarfs with different compositions and dimensions. The drawings are designed as a reference to the lines used to decorate Iberian ceramics. This task was normally performed by the potter’s wife, who used a small wooden square to which she tied different brushes to trace the decoration with horizontal, straight or wavy stripes.
The silk fabric is worked as a canvas on which the design of the strokes is hand embroidered. The technique I use to make them, it’s the same with which Manila’shawls, a traditional Spanish garment, are made, so that the drawing is visible on both sides of the fabric. The canvas is finished with a delicate invisible hem made entirely by hand.

DETAILS

Woven fabrics from industrial waste.
Embroidered by hand.

SMALL SCARF

Marine blue cotton thread on white silk gauze. 50x50cm

BIG SCARF

Raw silk thread on crepe of blue sea silk. 70x70cm