2. Mask Drawing
Next, Hatouf will spread her design out on a table and cover her pencil marks with scotch tape, to prevent rubbing off or smearing.
3. Transfer to silk
Now Hatouf stretches her silk piece tightly over her design and traces the lines onto the silk with pencil.
4. Stretch the silk
The silk must now be placed on a frame and stretched as tight as a drum.
5. Outline in Gutta
Gutta is a glue-like substance which is used to mask the fabric to keep certain areas from soaking up the paint. Hatouf traces over her pencil lines with gutta, to a mask the thin lines she drew. She fills in the gutta using a plastic applicator with a very fine metal tip. The original gutta is colorless but she mixes pigment with it to create any color she needs. She must be very careful to ensure that each area of color is completely enclosed by the gutta, or the soluble colors will leak out into surrounding areas.
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