Our Process
Honoring Earth
There is no “Planet B.” In these changing time, our responsibility towards climate change has driven us to merge our passion with our duty. We focus on ethically sourcing products derived from natural recourses and making sure to minimize our carbon footprint across all business operations. Fighting climate change is the need of the hour. We take our commitment to fighting climate change seriously! For every order placed we plant one tree. Help us help the planet.
Honoring Artists
We ethically source from highly skilled artists around the world. Silmere works directly with the artist helping them preserve their cultural heritage and providing them a fair price for creating beautiful art pieces for our clients. this enables them to fuel sustainable economics and a fulfilled life for themselves and their families.
Honoring Craft & Culture
The meaning of hand dyed , hand woven and hand painted product extents far and beyond its functional use. The craft has been passed down through generations, all our products are one of a art piece which depicts celebration of the craft and cultures around the world Silmere believes that craftmanship is precious and should be celebrated. We are dedicated to preserving the traditional craft techniques which can never go out of style and providing our customers with products made with passion, integrity, and traditions, representing a unique story.
Natural Hand Dyeing
Botanical dyeing is an intense labor of love. First the fabric is cut and washed to clean of any dirt and then soaked overnight in a mordant. Then we dye the fabric with plants, flowers, and roots to obtain the desired color. The way each piece is dyed is unique and no two pieces are the same. Variations in color and design is something to celebrate.
Hand Painting
Here is a glimpse of the process of creating a hand painted scarf. Each scarf is painted one at a time and is truly a beautiful and unique piece of art. We use a precision process of using wax for drawing on the scarf. Instead of using pencil like drawing on paper, a tool called chanting which uses wax as the ink to draw on the silk is used. The key feature of chanting is to draw on silk while creating a dye separator. The lines that get drawn using chanting will act as a barrier for the dye solution, preventing it from mixing in between the lines and making it possible to color the design in a controlled manner. The process results in a creation of a beautiful scarf as shown in the process.
