Showing posts with label Module 2 Chapter 6. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Module 2 Chapter 6. Show all posts
Saturday, 31 December 2011
Chapter 6 - Masking
During Chapter 6 I tried out masking using a mixture of flour and water. The results were varied (as can be seen on the previous blog post) but I thought I'd add here some images to show you what I did. I'll let the photos explain.
Wednesday, 28 December 2011
Chapter 6 – Monoprinting
Monoprinting using black acrylic paint on a piece of glass – delightful! The results were fast and fun. I LOVED doing this! In fact I had trouble stopping. It was important not to get the paint too thick so that when it transferred to the fabric it wouldn’t dry too stiffly.
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What would I do differently next time?
Well I loved the technique and managed to get my paint to just the right consistency. I think the answer to this question is simply down to preparation – I ran out of fabric and had to cut more pieces which was annoying when I just wanted to carry on!
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What would I do differently next time?
Well I loved the technique and managed to get my paint to just the right consistency. I think the answer to this question is simply down to preparation – I ran out of fabric and had to cut more pieces which was annoying when I just wanted to carry on!
Chapter 6 – Bleach on Black Fabric
As my dying of fabrics didn’t produce striking results I thought I’d try bleach painted on black polyester fabric. Although it turned the fabric brown the contrast with the black is still quite striking. I found the slow reveal of the pattern rather fun.
(Refer to safety notes on bleach here)
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Chapter 6 – Shibori and Resist
I’m afraid I can’t say my attempts at Shibori dying went particularly well but here are the outcomes anyway!
Tie Die
Image 1: Here I scrunched up the fabric and affixed bulldog clips at various points:
Image 2: Here I scrunched the fabric into a ball and added lots of elastic bands
Image 3: As with the one above I scrunched up the fabric and tied elastic bands
Image 4: I created little ‘bubbles’ of fabric and tied them tightly with string
Tritik Shibori
Image 5: The fabric was gathered in a radiating pattern
Image 6: The stitches were parallel and when pulled tight the fabric concertinaed
Image 7: Stitches over the fabric were random and pulled tight to cause a really ruched effect. I dabbed the paint on instead of submerging it into a dye bath
Resist
I wanted to try a resist technique using a flour-water paste. I mixed the flour and water until it was very gloopy and then painted it onto the fabric. I had to let the paste dry thoroughly. Then I added dye to the fabric with a paintbrush. After it was washed the colour faded considerably to grey. Whilst the results aren’t full of contrast I like the subtlety of the colouring. Image 10 is my favourite of the entire bunch.
Image 8: The paste was painted in stripes
Image 9: The paste was painted in hoops
Image 10: The paste was painted in a fish-scale pattern
What could I do better next time?
That’s an easy question – I won’t dilute the dye powder so much! Also leave any fabric in the dye bath for longer – I’m quite impatient sometimes! I would also like to use wax as a resist (but I’ll have to find a melting pot first!). Of everything I enjoyed the resist work the most. I don’t know why I didn’t feel excited by the Shibori methods, I guess we can’t like everything!
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