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TRYWA DESIGNS started up in 2007 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA.  Trywa, a word excerpted from entryway, is a solo artist run business featuring access to a limited supply of items in stock or made to order original designs for silk scarves.  Print companies provide a finished product on 100% silk with machine hemming. Both the design and print formats are digital. 

A DESIGN PROCESS The drawings that focused my attention on visual work started with a mix of outdoor drawings like a charcoal drawings of cows in a rural setting and unexpectedly drawing visual aids to teach English as a second language. I have learned from other artists but mainly work intuitively with materials. One of the appeals of working with fabric is its sense of being a living form of kinetic sculpture. The colors act as accents. The diversity of image resources has ended up with a diversity of designs. The Trywa scarf designs suggest to me a sensibility of things caught suspended. Since I have also worked with high magnification of materials, it is not surprising that my work also often includes a soft granular look. Customers frequently say that the scarves are beautiful. Trywa Designs hope that you will concur. The “glue” for the designs is a digital platform. Digital tools provide an array of functions to literally construct the design via layering, add-ons, subtractions and other options. Most Trywa designs upload photographs of outside world elements or photos of 2 and 3 D studio projects. Areas within the photograph are then selected, moved about and augmented. A design syntax evolves in response to the nature of the image element and the prevailing sensibility on any given day.

SIZE AND SILK CHOICES may be custom ordered.  If you are familiar with various silk options, please request the silk and size option you wish (see below). My silk choices are often silk habotai (I like its lightness), silk crepe de chine (I like its slight texture and drape) and silk chiffon (I likes its super lightness and how it holds its shape).

CUSTOM ORDER TIME FRAME may take up to four weeks to fill as small orders are rarely on the top of the digital production list but the scarves get done. Results have been reliable. Purchases are shipped in a gift box along with a USPS tracking number.

PURCHASE RETURNS may be sent within two weeks of receipt when received in the same condition and packaging for a refund or exchange.  Please contact to request a return #.

PRODUCT CARE

The inks used are considered ecologically friendly and hold fast during washing. Wash all silk by hand in cold water along with a drop of mild soap. Place the silk flat to dry, or hang the silk over a rod to drip dry or roll up the scarf up in a towel gently pressing out the water. The silk responds well to steam ironing.

STORE POLICY via Stripe

Refunds are offered when item/s are returned within 20 days of purchase with return shipping paid by customer.

Exchanges are accepted within 20 days of scarf purchase with return shipping paid by customer.