The night before our play date, Friday, I mixed a teaspoon of chartruese dye into a cup of dye paste and then applied it to the silkscreen. Under the screen I had put bubble wrap and silk flowers and pieces of cardboard and other stuff that would leave lines and shapes when I spread the dye paste.
Saturday during our play date I mixed a cup of dye print paste with a teaspoon of the fixative. First we used the print paste without any added dye. It made fabulous chartruese marks on the cloth. After a few passes, we added a teaspoon of blue dye to the mixture and pulled some more passes. The results were even better. Here are a couple of pictures.
Here are two layers--the same piece as above but with a layer of silk screened organza on top.
And here is a close-up.
I love the colors! -- what color blue dye did you use? The design is great, too, very linear! Just got some new dye colors today from Dharma, and washed some fabric, so I might dye some tomorrow before work.
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