Shaping the history of humans, silk has been a constant. Celebrated for its unparalleled softness, strength, and beauty. From the ancient lands of Seres to the storied Silk Road, it has been treasured not only as a fabric but as a symbol of refinement, skill, and artistry.
Despite its historic prominence, modern silk production has often come at a cost: hundreds of millions of silkworms are killed annually across Asia, their delicate lives sacrificed for conventional methods.
Seresilk takes a different path.
Allowing the silkworm to complete its natural life cycle so that all of its silk is uniquely cruelty free, each cocoon is collected only after the emergence of the silk moth, ensuring the silk preserves its purity.
Each Spring in Melbourne, our silkworms are nurtured on leaves from a near-century-old mulberry tree, hand-fed multiple times daily, in Australia's natural environment. Clean air, seasonal stability, and low industrial density create conditions that are rare in global sericulture. These factors reduce stress on the silkworm and allow growth to unfold at its natural pace, without chemical acceleration or intensive farming pressure.
Over the course of a single month, the silkworm increases its size nearly ten-thousandfold before entering its final stage and spinning a single, continuous filament—often exceeding one kilometre in length—into a perfectly ovate cocoon, engineered by the silkworm to protect its transformation into a moth.
Only once this metamorphosis is complete does Seresilk’s involvement continue.
The collected empty cocoons are carefully selected and prepared before entering the laboratory. Under GMP-standard protocols, they undergo Seresilk’s proprietary hydrolysis process. Over a controlled 24-hour period, the silk is gently transformed into a luminous, soft-gold liquid: Hydrolysed Silk Complex HSC01-A™.
This process preserves silk’s rare molecular balance—yielding a composition rich in di- and tripeptides alongside its native 18 free amino acids. Sharing a 90% affinity with human skin, these components support the skin’s natural moisturising factors, reinforce the intercellular lipid matrix, and prompt fibroblasts to support elasticity and renewal.
Ethical silk farming is slower. It yields less. It demands patience, observation, and restraint. But it also preserves what makes silk extraordinary in the first place.
By grounding its practice in Australian farming conditions and cruelty-free principles, Seresilk restores silk to its rightful place—as an art shaped by care. Every piece reflects a commitment to purity, provenance, and respect for the life that created it.