Now 42" wide!
The world original of light, bright Tussah Silk. Hand reeled and hand woven. This wonderful fabric is 100% natural. It has a natural brilliant Tan colour given to it by the Wild Silk cocoon.
Hand woven on small looms built into the cottages of traditional village weaver families. Hand reeled so that even wild cocoons where the moth has pushed the silk aside and emerged can be reeled. (See also Uzbeki Atlas for a similar hand reeled silk from Bombyx mori, cultivated cocoons).
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3" x 3 " Sample Naturally Dyed Royal Purple |
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1/2 yard Naturally Dyed Royal Purple |
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5+ yards** Naturally Dyed Royal Purple |
To order multiple yards, update quantity in shopping cart
The ultimate fabric in sustainability, the semi-cultivation of wild silk in India is sponsored by the government. Aurora Silk obtains this fabric through government sanctioned producer owned co-ops, which are typically all the village's weavers, working together. This is an especially excellent program in India because almost everyone in a village is also related by blood or marriage.
By using this fabric you are directly helping to preserve a peaceful, rural, healthy existence for a large village in India.
Because of the technique of handloom weaving, the fabric comes off the loom as if hard pressed. This Brilliance to the eye also has a unique hand. It is often called "Paper Silk". It is thin but stiff, like paper. It can even be folded into Origami!
When water washed the hand and texture change dramatically. Once smooth it becomes crinkled; once stiff it becomes fluid. What is most unusual about the washed Brilliance is the intense sensation of wearing it next to your skin. The toughness of the Tussah fibre gives a stimulation to the nerves, blood vessels and the skin. To return it to the flat, bright surface just simply press it with a hot iron.
For custom natural dyeing please e-mail or call (503-286-4149) us with your needs. Custom Natural Dyed Brilliance fabric is $50/yard.
*Please allow up to 3 weeks for Natural Dyeing.
**Maximum Dye Lots 10 yards. Larger orders will be divided into multiple dye lots.
We at Aurora Silk are pleased to be the exclusive importer-distributor for this finest-quality cruelty-free silk fabric.
Cheryl Kolander visited the production site in India in November 2006, and we are happy to report that all aspects of the operation are clean, healthy and honorable - absolutely no child labour or slavery; cocoons are raised in small family farms without the use of pesticides, herbicides, antibiotics, genetic engineering or any other practice of disrepute.
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