Mingna Hu

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  • About
  • Forming Silk I
    • Introduction
    • Pleating
    • Shrinking
    • Curling
    • Shrinking and Felting
  • Forming Silk II
    • Introduction
    • Natural Elasticity I
    • Natural Elasticity II
    • Natural Elasticity III
    • Non Origami
  • SELF-FORMING
    • Tublar Forms
    • Flat Forms
  • ART to USE
  • Contact
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    • Home
    • About
    • Forming Silk I
      • Introduction
      • Pleating
      • Shrinking
      • Curling
      • Shrinking and Felting
    • Forming Silk II
      • Introduction
      • Natural Elasticity I
      • Natural Elasticity II
      • Natural Elasticity III
      • Non Origami
    • SELF-FORMING
      • Tublar Forms
      • Flat Forms
    • ART to USE
    • Contact

Mingna Hu

Mingna HuMingna HuMingna Hu
  • Home
  • About
  • Forming Silk I
    • Introduction
    • Pleating
    • Shrinking
    • Curling
    • Shrinking and Felting
  • Forming Silk II
    • Introduction
    • Natural Elasticity I
    • Natural Elasticity II
    • Natural Elasticity III
    • Non Origami
  • SELF-FORMING
    • Tublar Forms
    • Flat Forms
  • ART to USE
  • Contact

Forming Silk I / Shrinking and Felting

A man in a blue shirt and cap is painting a wall with a roller outdoors.

The " Shrinking" combines silk and wool, activating wool’s felting and shrinkage alongside silk’s stiffness, luster, and smoothness. Anti-water shibori techniques applied during washing allow the wool to shrink while preserving silk’s properties, generating a three-dimensional form through contrasting expansion and contraction

* Silk, Wool / Leno Weave, Tabby Weave

A white cocoon-like structure hangs among green forest foliage.
A weaving loom with white thread in progress and a blue tool.

On the loom

A woven textile with horizontal stripes in muted neutral tones on a concrete floor.

When took off from the loom.

Two soft woolen hats and a white scarf on a textured surface.

After washed with shibori method 

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