For a long time now I've been wanting to put part of a screen print design I did a months ago on fabric. And yesterday I did! Introducing:
particles in chocolate brown ink on natural Indian cotton. I don't have a professional set up at home so this was quite a challenge. Since my previous print on paper had been made with a hand cut paper stencil that had the lifespan of just that one printing session I had to hand cut the stencil for
particles again. Mixing the ink for the exact shade of chocolate brown took longer than I expected. These pics make the ink look black but it's a delicious, dare I say very edible shade of chocolate brown.
And because the Indian cotton I printed on is in a lovely natural shade I'm quite excited about how well the chocolate brown sits on it. I printed about 2 metres of fabric using the placement method of screen printing which took a while as I had to take care not to smudge wet ink I'd just printed. I'd like to use the fabric to make a shirt for summer based on the design of one I already have. Or even some simple serviettes. Now if I only had a sewing machine and could sew!
For a long time now I've been wanting to put part of a screen print design I did a months ago on fabric. And yesterday I did! Introducing: particles in chocolate brown ink on natural Indian cotton. I don't have a professional set up at home so this was quite a challenge. Since my previous print on paper had been made with a hand cut paper stencil that had the lifespan of just that one printing session I had to hand cut the stencil for particles again. Mixing the ink for the exact shade of chocolate brown took longer than I expected. These pics make the ink look black but it's a delicious, dare I say very edible shade of chocolate brown.
And because the Indian cotton I printed on is in a lovely natural shade I'm quite excited about how well the chocolate brown sits on it. I printed about 2 metres of fabric using the placement method of screen printing which took a while as I had to take care not to smudge wet ink I'd just printed. I'd like to use the fabric to make a shirt for summer based on the design of one I already have. Or even some simple serviettes. Now if I only had a sewing machine and could sew!
wow that looks so great - the perfect pattern for printing on fabric!
ReplyDeleteLovely!!!! it looks like hanabi! This would be so perfect for making yukata, I'd love my new yukata to be made with this fabric!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for those lovely comments. I agree Hiki- this pattern would look pretty cool on a yukata!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful printing.
ReplyDeletewow, what a cutting out session that must have been. It's just lovely.
ReplyDeletebeautiful!! i want to know how you got the spacing so balanced...
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silvercocoon - no special method to the spacing. I just guessed and it worked out.
ReplyDeleteIt looks gorgeous. I've been doing a bit of printing too and I'm finding it quite addictive.
ReplyDeletePrinting on fabric can be messy, time consuming and FUN! I've done it myself in the past and would LOVE to do some more in the future. It looks great!
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