Monoprinting - fabric

I LOVE monoprinting!

On the right is a particular favourite - makes me think of Christmas.

Monoprinting using acrylic paints

Top row L: printing (2 layers) on dark purple polyester - impression of an illuminated manuscript?

The remainder are printing on dyed cotton. Right, effect achieved by pushing a clean paintbrush down onto fabric and rotating it (think boy scouts trying to light a camp fire).

Other types of printing - stamping

Kitchen knob, as seen on my inspiration sheets

...... made strong directional prints on procion-dyed cotton.

A bought stamp and a handmade stamp - silky cord salvaged from a gift bag, secured to strong card with double-sided tape.

.... and some interesting experiments on monoprinted cotton samples

Other types of printing - shibori

Preparation for shibori on procion-dyed yellow cotton

Two shibori samples after yellow prepared cotton was overdyed with a purple procion dye, rinsed and thread removed.

Dyeing threads

R: an assortment of ribbons and knitting yarn dyed using 2 dye baths - one yellow/one purple - and dipping each end in one colour. Where they meet in the middle a lovely nutmeg/copper brown is created.

Basic fabric and threads

Just a small selection of the mountain of stuff I have accumulated.

Purples - bought felt and kunin felt. The rest is procion-dyed cotton.

Yellows - some bought/reclaimed fabrics, including a yellow kunin felt. The cottons are all procion-dyed.