For our November technique, we're going to be working with transfer paints (aka disperse dyes).
Materials required:
good quality paper
disperse dye (powder form) and/or transfer paints (liquid form)
brushes and sponges for application
fabric that is at least 60% polyester
a variety of resists (whatever floats your boat)
This is a method in which you paint paper with either disperse power dyes, or liquid transfer paint, and then iron your design onto fabric. A variety of techniques will produce varying results - and we'll go through some of them.
Here are some examples:
Gurli Gregersen made this whole cloth quilt using a transfer print, which she then embellished with paint sticks and other media.
Marie-Therese Wisniowski used the technique with resists to produce this lovely example.
I'll give you a couple of days to gather supplies and we'll talk soon!
OK -- I've always wanted to play around with transfer paints -- where do you get them? And polyester? Not cotton?
ReplyDeleteI've used Transfer paints before - with mixed results. But yes you need a high poly content (or of course you can use evolon etc.)
ReplyDeleteAngie Hughes does nice stuff with this technique.
http://angiestextilenotes.blogspot.com/2011/10/transfer-printing.html
Have fun!
Very nice! Like the detailed description of your process.
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