From the peer review that introduced the start of week 7 really helped with seeing what other people were developing and the range of different colour pallets people were working from. The review also encouraged me to try and get into the print room as often as I could. Its proven rather difficult to have full days booked in the print room but when people haven't turned up for booked sessions I took the opportunity.
Screen printing with illuminating discharge dye was the technique in the print room this week. This dyes bleached away the background colour and replaced it with an illuminating colour. At first I didn't quite sink in into how it was going to turn pink as it just looked clear on the black fabric. But once the fabric had been steamed it released the colour. Prior to to steaming I mixed half the illuminating paste with glycerine which created what looked like a halo around the motifs. I only added a small amount of this so evidently I only ended up with a slight 'halo'.
Without glycerine
With glycerine
I took took the opportunity this week to try out different techniques in the print room I believe I wanted to expand more. I want to take more risks in my printing as this can lead to better designs and practice.
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