Saturday 25 June 2011

Monoprinting black and gold

I recently tried monoprinting using black pigment  instead of dye and gold fabric paint. Finger painting on crack is how I described it to Ankie. I started by rolling the black pigment, mixed  with extender, over a pane of glass. I rolled in some gold for a few panels. The finger paint experiment began and I printed about 15 or so "panels" around  the edges of some white poplin. Some prints were very black, others mottled grey and some entirely gold. I drew waves, curves, musical symbols and jagged triangles. Somewhere in there I even tried some reverse writing. Each time I printed with either the fabric over the glass or by pressing the glass down onto the fabric. Then I gave a gentle rub over the fabric to make sure the pigment / paint was well and truly where I wanted it. The finished piece dried for 24 - 48 hours and then was heat set by ironing under baking paper.  Tonight I gave the piece another heat set - just to be sure and cut the panels into 3" squares. These are now on the design wall waiting for the natural light of morning and a rested set of eyes. That's the plan ... 
Experimental layout

Another layout

5 comments:

Linda Robertus said...

Love that last layout Ali!

jan said...

Wow that looks great Ali. Maybe we will see it at 2QAQ. Thanks for sharing your tips & techiques in our mini workshop - I'm going to play with mine today

Judy said...

Love the second set up
J

Sue Dennis said...

Very interesting when cut up- loving the black/grey/gold combo.

mel.forrest said...

Oh What fun - Love the interaction of the pieces