TEXTILE APPLICATIONS_painting onto a screen & discharge printing

   This week was the start of our support modules. I chose to study the introduction to textile applications, as I wanted to delve deep into the world of textiles and all it has to offer. So I was very excited. The thing I love about is course is that we just get stuck in. Short demonstration then it's over to us to try to create an amazing print. Painting on a screen (yes that is the technical name) was the first process. It's as simple as it sounds, painting onto an blank screen with procien dyes. I absolutely loved the way colours bled into one another when dye was applied on top. It created an interesting water mark pattern, but also the colours merged creating a beautiful mid colour. My first thoughts were how would this look transferred onto the material- messy? Unprofessional? But I really enjoyed the outcome. It had a soft, painty feel to it, almost delicate. But the bold colours contrasted against this, but unintentionally complimented the wild Aztec print I had produced. The colours actually became more vibrant when transferred onto the material, which is actually really interesting. It just shows textiles is so pure and you have no control over it, it's completely based on luck, and when printing like this, it is impossible to duplicate a print (which is why it's so special in my opinion). 

   Discharge printing is where the printing paste takes away the colour in the procien dye, to leave you the negative space. The easiest way to do this was by creating a stencil that covered the parts of the original print you wanted to stay with ripped up paper and masking tape. As the printing paste was clear, it was near impossible to see where the cloud would be taken, and looking back I feel too much colour was left. I really enjoy where the rough edges from the paper can be seen, the overlapping and negative space, and I would have liked more of this. The two separate prints (effectively) come together and compliment each other wonderfully.

   Seeing how easy this was to create was amazing. It looked professional, and for a first attempt of anything textiles I was proud of it.