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Wild Peace Silks

Wild silk grows everywhere there are leaves that caterpillars can chew.

When wild silk is gathered after the moths have emerged, then it is PEACE silk.

Eri Peace Silk

Cafe Au Lait

NEW!

"Brilliance"
Tussah

Pongee

"Tough Stuff"
Tussah

 


Extra Heavy Tussah

  

 

 

 

 

"About Peace Silk"

"AHIMSA" means, literally "without violence". I prefer the term "Peace", as it is more positive. Ahimsa is the term used in India, Peace was coined by me in a 1986 article published in FibreArts Magazine, and detailed in the Third Edition of my "A Silkworker's Notebook".

"I consider this the best silk to use for healing purposes. It is the only quality of silk permitted for spiritual purposes. I am so honored when Shri Shri Ravi Shankar, a true spiritual teacher, comes to the US, his followers present him with long traditional shawls of Ahimsa Peace silk, the only quality of silk he wears." - Cheryl Kolander, who IS Aurora Silk

Note: Fabrics in this section are undyed. For colours, please see our Naturally Dyed Fabrics.

** please be aware that many other suppliers unethically use these terms without distinction: I've been offered Eri and Tussah as "Ahimsa". Ahimsa is patented and correctly applied only to Bombyx Mori, mulberry fed, cultivated, naturally white silk.

I've even been offered regular, stiffled (killed) cocoons as "Peace"! (Some people just don't get it!) The term "Peace" correctly means the silk caterpillar has been allowed to complete its transformation in the cocoon; to freely emerge, mate, lay eggs and die happy. The cocoons are "pierced" and not suitable for reeling, but are degummed and spun into soft yarns and threads.

To learn more about Peace Silk, consider purchasing the highly educational "Peace Silk Collection", which Cheryl designed especially for Children's Science Fair projects. It also makes an excellent Textile Guild conference display, or educational program.

To learn the most possible about silk as a textile medium, please read Cheryl's "A SILKWORKER'S NOTEBOOK". Copies of the paperback second edition are in most libraries.