Beth and I got together on Friday and played with thickened dye. The pictures of the monoprints are posted here on the Fire Blog. But we did so much more than monoprinting! We put the thickened dye into needle-nosed bottles and used it to draw lines and scribbles and writing. Here are the process pictures.
And the washed, dried, and ironed finished piece with a detail shot.
This looks interesting. How did you mix the dye, how did you thicken it and how did you set in on to the fabric? Did you put the salt and soda into the dye with the thickener? Or did you do something to the fabric. This sounds very interesting - sorry, so many questions!
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ReplyDeleteLove the colors and the handwritten words! So fresh to look at when all around are computerized fonts.
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