Printing Fabric

A detail of the print, I rather like it. Pity it has to be cut up!

The final large screen has been printed.

Two screens have been printed.

Oops! I didn't remove the masking tape from that registration

point before a print was taken.

Printing in process, variegated stripes of red ink.

Network of masking tape corners, that plot the movement

of the screen and the subsequent print.

I put the relevant screen over the acetate, so that they

matched, then marked the corners of the screen with

masking tape, so that the print would register in the

correct place.

I marked where the first screen would go, by placing

the acetate where I wanted it to fit with the other pattern.

I marked the fabric where the repeat would go, using the

tracing that the screen was made from.

I decided to go for a fairly subtle effect with the blue grey ink

for the main pattern, with a mix of the reds and

the green grey as other detail.

Deep red, bright red, pink red ink.

Light green, dark green ink.

Blue grey, green grey ink.

Above are some tests to see the colours that I am using for studio

work on the fabric. They are translucent pigment inks.

I decided to use a linen that has a faded denim look - with a white

warp and navy weft.

Initially I was going to use a denim fabric (it was much darker than

the photo depicts) for the garment, I did a test to see if the fabric

would discharge, as you can see from above it didn't work,  I didn't

want to use an opaque pigment ink as it may have blocked up the fine

screen, and I am not especially enamoured at the ink sitting on the surface.

So I had to look for a different fabric?