Dec/Jan update.

 The following drawings are part of my collection for Indigo in Paris. I'm using deconstructed images of insects to build up layers.

I digitally printed out some A4 sample backgrounds that I could try out a few different techniques on. Mostly to see how my designs would work.

 Firstly I discharge printed different samples of images onto the digitally printed backgrounds in strips. I love the green and brown background and the moths wing background. Both worked really well when discharged.

I didn't discharge print on the following images as the background was more sparse. Instead I printed over the top with a soft brown on one, and an off white on the other. I liked the colours but I didn't like the backgrounds as much. 

After discharge printing on the backgrounds I also printed gold binder over the top. It doesn't show so well in the images but it looks really effective on the silk. Again the green, brown and gold look really lovely. I think I'm really going to go with those murky colours and gold binder with my final images.

As well as the collection for Paris I'm also working on the designs for Oasis. This first image is a part of my mood board which is looking at the theme Garden Party. I'm thinking of garlands of flowers with lanterns in soft pastels.

 

At the moment I'm drawing as many flowers as I can to build up the garlands of flowers I want to use.

 

Oct/Nov/Dec mixture of stuff......

The images below are some samples from one of my dye workshops. We  had dyed the fabric and then used some processes, one of these was a discharge process. Printing on top of the fabric and the discharge dye when steamed removes the colour of the fabric and replaces it with the colour of the printed dye.

The following images are some sketches for the next part of my project. I changed my idea to deconstructed patterns taken from insects. These are the start of my drawings.

Another dye workshop. This time we were using a process of painting dye onto a screen. We then printed with a paste through the screen which transfers the dye from the screen onto the fabric.

We then printed another dye on top and I also tried using some discharge dye to discharge another pattern out of the fabric. It was quite fun to play around with the different processes.

 I always forget to wear gloves and I always end up dyeing my hands. This was the worst yet!