New Designs: New Screens to Play with!

Hi all. I am still back at CCAD at the moment, I love spending my spare evenings trying to get some of my work done which is fantastic. The new print areas, dye lab and mixing studio are all fantastic. I have also thoroughly enjoyed being in some of the student work shops. In the future I would love to run my own screen printing work shops so it is great to see Vicky in action! (The pro) :)

For this weeks samples it has all been about my Foxglove design and Mr Robin. I have a few more little designs but these are yet to be tested. I am so happy with the outcome of these two screens. I always get anxious making my screens so when I get to see the first printed result it makes me feel fantastic! I get so excited!

The other high light of my week was producing a jelly! As this is one of my favourite food! Your never too old for some wobbly jelly I say! 

What do you think? 

More Printing :)

When I have had some spare time on an evening I have been able to get some more samples done in the print rooms. I have had some more experiments with the dyes and manutex pulls, it is really interesting to see how the dyes disperse. Above is a sample of cotton sateen with procion dyes- olive green, lemon yellow, magenta and charcoal.

A sample using the same method but on dyed fabric.

The selection of samples I produced. 

Sampling done....

The Week has Ended on a High!

So, its the end of another week! Even though I have said in my previous post all the negative points I am extremely pleased with how much sampling I have got done! Now I have a good choice to choose from to produce my final lengths! I really love combining print methods so I will definitely take this on board when I pick my favourites! I also need to think how they would work well as a collection! Today, it was also April fools and it was funny to see everyone up to mischief!