Silk-Painting

A class handout on vexillology, the anatomy of standards, historical examples of war standards, designing your own war standards, basic silk painting skills, and how to make a flag pole.

Includes: How Silk-painting was done in Period, Modern Silk Painting Techniques, Types of silk fabric and their properties, Resists, Painting, Stains and Drips, Background effects, Shading, Setting the dye, Final washing and drying, bibliography and a gallery.

Silk painted banners, flags, standards and window panel projects with beginner instructions.

A photo tutorial on creating silk painted banners.

Descriptio n of the procedures for using gutta-resi st and silk-paint ing for heraldic banners and standards.

Step-by-st ep instructio ns for creating a silk-paint ed heraldic banner.

By Rebecca Robynson - Overview
Much has been written about the shapes and styles of Medieval flags in general, but little attention has been given to the subject of painted flags. While very few examples are still in existence, ample evidence proves that painted flags were plentiful and popular in the Middle Ages.

The entire process in step-by-step photos.

Explains the equipment and procedure for painting a silk banner.

Instructio ns for creating banners, as used to decorate the halls and tourney fields of Aneala. Includes instructio ns for making frames for stretching the silk.