Silk Banners

Plague Project – Painted Silk Banners

by Gwen Cooke

Banner 1 Complete
Banner 1 Complete

Created as a way to add more heraldry and panache to the Aardvark camp at Pennsic (and elsewhere), these banners have been created on silk using hand sketched and traced kingdom, barony, and household devices. After the designs were sketched, the banners were stretched onto the frame, a resist was applied to the devices’ outlines, and then the colors were applied to the blank silks. These hang beautifully and add color to our tents for the camp! (This was a Pandemic-learned A&S project!)

Banner 1 with Resist
Banner 1 with Resist
Banner 2 with Resist
Banner 2 with Resist
Banner 2 Complete
Banner 2 Complete