I have selected a variety of fabrics to colour - silk, calico, polycotton and muslin. The threads for cable stitch include wools and various thicknesses of cord.
SKETCH BOOK
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Left - Silk paints on silk, sprinkled with rock salt and table salt.
Middle - Silk paints on silk, gutta applied and table salt.
Right - Acrylic paint on muslin.
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Spaced dyed calico and polycotton in subdued shaped of pink, blue and grey.
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Painted Bondaweb (acrylic paint).
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Damp calico sprinkled with Brusho inks.
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A selection of hand-dyed and bought threads.
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I found a film on You Tube on 'Fluid Acrylics'. I was interested to see if I could print from it. I mixed acrylic paint with water and PVA glue and put blobs of it on a canvas board and moved the paints around by tilting the board until they mixed. To me, this looks like a seascape. To keep it as a piece of art, it would take several days to dry. However, to get a print I put a piece of calico over it while is was still wet. The initial print was very disappointing. It just looked blue, with no patterns at all. I washed it under the tap and the other colours began to emerge. I ended up with mottled colours. If I had left the canvas board until it was much drier, I might have got a better result.
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An unexpected but interesting result!
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I tried another experiment to create patterns. This time I used molding paste. I looked at all my photos and sketched sections from them. I then combined these patterns and created them in the molding paste.
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I made the molding caste on a canvas board. I sanded off any sharp peaks. I liberally applied acrylic paints to a gelliplate, then pressed the caste into the paint. Next I pressed a piece of fabric onto the caste. The results are shown below. I definitely think I will try this again. I think it has great potential for creating patterns.
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I am delighted in how the design has shown up on white silk.
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I repainted the gelliplate and made a new print onto the caste. This time I used a piece of blue cotton. The print is not very distinct. Perhaps I should have used a paler fabric or more vibrantly coloured paints.
