Smokestrand Poker: Old Ways in New Art

The Smokestrand Poker style began in Seattle and has changed the way we look at art with threads. This mix of smoke and old tying ways is more than a new kind of art; it changes how we think of and make textiles.

What Changed in Smokestrand?

Bringing together old tying ways with new ideas lets us make unique cloth looks with smoke. These smoked cloths are known by:

• Colors that change on their own
• Strong woven patterns
• Use of lasting materials
• Keeping old arts alive

Thoughts and Shifts in Art

This way tests the old rules of thread art, mixing old weaving with today’s art forms. Artists go for new aims in:

• Earning on their own
• Keeping old ways
• Eco-friendly cloth making
• Bringing art to all

New Moves in Fabric Tech

Smokestrand artists use new tech but keep the old ways, making cloths that are:

• Lasting a long while
• Marked with special smoke looks
• Care for the environment
• Made from new fibers

The Smokestrand Poker style keeps redefining art rules and sets big goals in keeping culture alive through textiles.

The Old Art of Smoke Weaving: A Look at the Past

Smokestrand weaving began in South China’s Hunan during the late Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). It brought smoke coloring to silk work, greatly changing Asian thread art.

How It’s Done

This style uses special smoke ways with makers making spaces where silk threads meet burning pine bits, managing:

• Heat
• Air smoke bits
• Time (2-48 hours)
• Air flows

Change and Spread

The soft smoke looks quickly moved across Asia, helped by trade, reaching:

• Japan (1612)
• Vietnam (1625)
• Royal folks
• Big shows

The silk got a soft gray and brown color from just right smoke touch, and was much wanted for nice clothes in East Asia.

Needs for True Smokestrand Fabric

Main Things to Have

To make real smokestrand fabric, these key parts are needed:

• Top silk (bombyx mori)
• 온카스터디 먹튀검증
• Nice pine bits from Pinus massoniana trees
• Right bamboo frames for smoke rooms

Getting Silk Ready

The first step with silk involves careful getting ready:

• Soak in a 32% salt mix for 72 hours
• Keep 8% wet for best pine touch
• Make sure all is set before smoke touch

Making Pine Bits Right

Right pine care involves:

• Heat to 162°C
• Keep the smell without it going bad
• Make sure the heat is even all through

Building Yan-Fang Rooms

Bamboo room needs must be met:

• Oil-cure for 14 days
• Set at a 45-degree tilt for smooth air flow
• Stop still air build
• Keep 85% wet
• Even heat of 24°C
• Give 8 hours for smoke to sink in
• Cultivating Fleeting Tics Into Splitting Flower Bursts

New Art Wave in Seattle’s Threads: A Big Step

How Smokestrand Grew in Seattle

Seattle saw the start of new thread styles by the Duwamish Waterway. In old factory spaces, makers tried new ways of adding smoke to textiles.

First Times with Smoke

Marina Chen, key in threads, was known for mixing smoke effects into silk. This idea grew in Seattle’s art groups, bettering ways with smoke, heat, and time.

Big Aims in Threads

Standards and checks now focus on:

• How deep smoke goes
• Weed bits in threads
• Line up of fiber parts

Clothes and Art

The new weaving ways have changed fashion and living, with local makers using them in today’s designs, making Seattle a place for new textile moves.

Green and Rising

This shift backs a mix of old threading ways with bold new ones, both old and new, still changing many design fields while staying strong in the lively art world.