I made this mono-screenprint recently on a course I'm taking about creative textiles. I laid out some string and flour on a piece of paper and placed a blank screen on top, then spread turquoise Procion P dye over the screen with a squeegee, pressing down hard over the textured objects. Then I painted some yellow dye over the top of this with a pipette. I then left the whole thing to dry and after it was dry, removed the paper and string (which was now stuck to the screen with the dried-on dye - I had to pull the paper and string off) and printed it onto calico by pulling Manutex paste through the screen with a squeegee...
It made some interesting textures where the traces of string, flour and stuck-on paper interacted with the dye. I printed it six times (on six different pieces of fabric) before the dye on the screen started to fade too much to make a good image.
I'm planning to use this as a background for an art print I have in mind, and so I'll screenprint over the top of this next with stencils and pigment fabric inks (not dye).
I've made a new logo for this blog. I cut the design out of lino then printed it and scanned the handmade print into the computer. If there's anybody out there, please let me know what you think!
New logo:
Old blog photo:
