Oliver Owl is a gorgeous fiber arts container featuring silk sari yarns... multicolored autumn colors paired with rich rust oranges. It has a lid of its own which is embellished with a bold ceramic owl face.
Oliver Owl is happy to be out of his nest... he just completed the night shift chick sitting and he's looking forward to stretching out his wings. He pauses to think about how grand it is to be a dad 1
This animal Silk Tapestry Art Box measures approx: 3 1/4" in diameter x 3" high with an interior box of 2 1/2" in diameter x 2" high. Its raw silk weight is roughly 2 oz (56 g).
Oliver Owl will be gift wrapped in its own box and ships, without content, via USPS First class INSURED mail. Shipments within the USA will have delivery confirmations.
ANiMAL CHARiTY DONATiON
10% of all SILK TAPESTRY BOX sales will be donated to animal charities, notably Team EFA's CHARiTY OF THE MONTH which differs each month. Please visit our team's website to read about this month's charity: http://efaartistshelpinganimals.org/charities.htm
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What is Silk Tapestry ?
Brizel Silk Tapestry is a technique that was developed by me in order to create woven rug-like thicknesses without the use of a loom. I wanted to work in spiral formation since most of my motifs are round in nature... i wanted the flow, form & color to follow that pattern... so I adapted upon crochet... when using a crochet hook, each thick silk yarn loop is pulled tightly before I can make the next one... so that the end result is very thick and dense.
The creation of a Brizel Silk Tapestry piece is both a conscientious & effortful act... in other words all that pulling & tugging is hard work on the hands, wrists and arm muscles!
The silk yarns that I use to create Silk Tapestry products are made from reclaimed silk threads and loom warps, left overs from a silk sari garment factories... these are reclaimed and hand spun into gorgeous thick sport weight yarns.
For vegan Silk Tapestry Boxes I use rayon; cotton/hemp; and banana silk yarn, a silk like yarn made from banana fibers. Please note the vegan boxes are typically softer in terms of weight & shape.
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Custom boxes available !
Perhaps you love an embellishment but would prefer it on a different color box OR you adore the colors of this box but have seen another critter you'd like me to adorn it with ?! Maybe you need it to be vegan or in a different size ?!
Contact me :)
http://www.etsy.com/convo_new.php?to_username=brizel4TheAnimals
If you'd like to discuss ordering a custom Silk Tapestry box !
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