fabric prints

I am getting ready for a new session of Monoprinting Fabric with the gelatin plate.

Printing on fabric with the gelatin plate is very experimental. It is always a surprise to see what kind of marks I can get.

I use the same tools as I use when I gelatin print on paper,

• Stencils both found and cut
• Stamping tools to manipulate the ink

I use acrylic screen print ink and inexpensive cotton fabric. Read more about my ink experiments here.

I like to work with small squares of fabric gathering all the different kinds of marks that stem from this process.

I would love for you to join this online printmaking class.

• 10 techniqiues
• 6 lessons over 2 weeks
• 6 months classroom access and
• download videos for lifetime access
• $97.
• READ all the details on the workshop page.

If you use

• the same stencils or
• mark making tools or
• colors and
• the same kind of fabric

then it is easier to work them into a completed project.

I have been using the mark making tools below and stone like stencils to make these gelatin prints on fabric. I am not sure what they will become. Maybe a tote bag.

One of the challenges for me is to use all the fabric that I print! The quickest way to use up some of the large stash it to make a quilt.

So I have a crazy quilt in process. It is kind of a sampler or all my marks. When I started piecing the quilt together, I was glad that I used a lot of the same kind of fabric and colors. That way the mismatched piece go together more easily.

If you are interested in making monoprints on fabric with the gelatin plate then join us in the online printmaking class, Monoprinting Fabric. Read the details on the workshop page and join us. Class starts soon.

I always need more space. Recently I figured out that I could make temporary tables out of large pieces of foam core.

I have several big pieces of foam core that are easy to store up against the wall. And when I need a table to hold supplies, or prints in progress, I can lay the foam core across a stack of boxes, or! an ironing board or two, or a low shelf. Please use this idea if it helps you

These days my studio is a mess with monoprinted fabric. I am getting ready for the online printmaking class – Monoprinted Fabric that starts soon.

I am so pleased when I find myself learning new things even when I am doing processes that I have for years.

Here I used 2 pieces of foam core to make a folding table bigger, while I laid out monoprinted fabrics to sew together as a quilt.

Monoprinting with the gelatin plate on fabric is spontaneous and experimental. If that sounds fun to you then read the details on the workshop page and join us. Class starts soon.

I am getting ready for the upcoming Monoprinting Fabric class. So I have been playing with my gelatin plate, ink, brayers and tools.

As you can see below I have a variety of inks and paints to print with. I am often thinking of my students when I experiment. I want them to be able to find inks and paints that work well for them.

I think it would be more beneficial for my students to understand the qualities that make for a good ink/paint for the process, since we all have access to different supplies.

The qualities of a good ink or paint for gelatin printing on fabric are:

• easy to roll up with a brayer, so not too thin and not too thick
• slow drying
• compatible with the fabric
• compatible with the gelatin plate (homemade or commercial)

The qualities of a good brayer for monoprinting on fabric with the gel plate are:

• spins easily
• holds a nice even coating of ink
• releases that ink evenly on to the plate
• does not skid

I the picture above I like the bright red handled brayer at the top. It is an inexpensive brayer that is soft foam with a slick outer covering. It is soft enough to pick up and roll out the screen printing ink and fabric paints that I use. I found that brayer at Hobby Lobby.

If you think that making monotype of fabric would be fun! Then read the details and join us. Class starts soon.