it's a pretty satisfying technique. i didn't document the entire process because i was IN IT. but here's what i got.
1. make your image. i redrew/traced this one out with technical pens and didn't include the ladder. this was time consuming, but it turned out pretty well.
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| i did 3 different designs. could explain why this was so time consuming! |
2a. take your image to staples and spend lots of money on copies playing around with enlargements.
2b. once you have your image ready, you might have to baby oil the paper to make it more translucent. now your paper smells bad.
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| you can't tell here, but once oiled, the paper is more like vellum or soft parchment paper. |
3. prepare your screen: my instructor was kind enough to put the emulsion stuff on a screen for me the night before, so i never saw that process. but it smells like dark room chemicals. the screen has to dry in a dark place for about an hour.
4. cook your screen: put your image face up under the screen/emulsion on this tanning bed type machine. close the lid and a vacuum will come on and suck all the air out so it makes a light tight seal. then turn on the UV lights with a timer. takes a minute or two.
5. rinse your screen off. the emulsifier that was blocked out by the black parts of the drawing will rinse away to later allow ink to go through. everything else gets baked on to block the ink out. let it dry, tape the edges
6. print! pin down your fabric and cross your fingers that you don't screw it all up. i used some thrift store pillow cases.
7. let it dry. iron to make it permanent. wash, use, sew on it, whatever! i plan on experimenting with some embroidery things on 1-2 of them. i have a matching pillow case in the large size that i might someday do a different drawing on to create a set.
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| i know this would make more sense ON an actual bed! |
8. realize that i just made pillows into art. just another thing i never thought i'd be doing :-)
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