Imagine a splash of colours on a sweeping fabric that falls elegantly off the shoulders or around the neck, adding that special touch to any outfit that you may end up wearing. Malaa Treon’s ‘Art on silk ‘ is what you might be looking for — a collection of painted silk scarves, sarees and stoles. The Pune-based artist who was in the city on Thursday to conduct a workshop, got talking on her silken style and her collection that will be available in the city till the end of the month.“Painting on silk apparel is a way for you to take art off the walls and with you wherever you go. I’ve primarily painted on scarves and stoles because its a garment that can be worn with most anything,” shares Malaa. She takes draping art around oneself to a very elegant level with her abstract art rendered on sarees too. Not new to the city or its patrons, Malaa decided to give her clients a touch-and-go look into the whole process of creating her silk apparels. “The workshop is meant to let the ladies get a taste of what goes on behind the scenes, to give them an idea and an appreciation of how art on silk is created because painting on silk is a very tricky thing.”Talking about the process, she goes on to explain how the dye is made by mixing the colour with a gum that is then used on the silk. Painting is done by using spades that require a lot of control while making the paint-strokes. “After the painting is finished, the fabric is then put in a steamer where the paint is transferred from the gum to the cloth. The fabric is then washed in seven different procedures, the last being an acid wash which finally renders the colours; thus slightly dark colours get their sheen by the final wash.” The entire process takes about a week, depending on the length of the garment.“You can also render prints of motifs on to the cloth, or even symbols (in her current collection the stamp of a coin is recurring). For these a template is made and then used to create the same on the cloth. These templates can be used up to 30 times; so for a limited edition it works out just fine,” she adds. Talking about abstract art, she says, “Abstract art doesn’t define any particular person and the red and black theme that I have predominantly used for this collection, doesn’t colour code the garment for a particular season. Plus I’ve used splashes of other colours too; so they can be worn with almost anything.”Malaa Treon’s ‘art on silk’ will be available at Sarang till December 31.
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