RoomScreens by FStasek are an art form unto themselves, as there are apparently no other freestanding translucent stretched-silk paintings available anywhere on Earth. Nor have there been at any time in history! Be that as it may, a sincere attempt has been made, in coloring and composition, to make good art. Good art that glows!

The silk used in the Screens is the heaviest weight habotai silk available—about twice as heavy as the silk generally used in shirts and blouses. The paintings are created with silk dyes of the same sort used to create patterns on silk apparel. The dyes are set by steaming the fabric, which is then laundered or dry-cleaned.

The paintings are stretched in a frame, in a manner similar to the way canvas is traditionally mounted on stretcher bars. These paintings are then mounted in finished hardwood frames, specially built to conceal the raw edges of the silk, and its means of attachment. Where the assembled panels abut, specialty hinges allow each joint to swivel in either direction.

The frames are carefully constructed of prime domestic hardwoods, using traditional mortise-and-tenon wood joinery techniques. These are finished with clear lacquer. (Early in the evolution of the RoomScreens, dyed poplar was used. Not any more!) The stretcher bars for the silk are ebonized—dyed—to a deep black, with gilded (painted) trim gracing the inside edges around the painting.