What a sense of accomplishment!! Over countless hours this weekend I was able to get all of my screen printing done for my first project! This class has honestly turned out to be without a doubt my favorite class I have ever taken, EVER. I am so proud that I finished all three sets of fabric. I printed my design onto a 3 different 4-yard pieces of fabric - one with an existing pattern, a linen, and a piece of broadcloth that I dyed periwinkle through an immersion dyeing process and stripped with a thiox stripping agent to remove the dye and expose my design. In addition to these fabrics, I printed onto a J. Crew online return envelope to incorporate into a tote I plan to make for a design project called Recycle Runway.
Recycle Runway is a cause that I feel very strongly about. This past week we had the Recycle Runway creator, Nancy Judd, come lecture during our lab time. Nancy creates pieces out of up-cycled materials - like old campaign door hangers and caution tape - that are beautiful garments as a way to start the conversation about being environmental awareness and thinking in an eco-friendly way. Her pieces have been exhibited in the Atlanta Airport and one coat has been added to a permanent collection in the Smithsonian. I am an obsessive-recycler and try my best a consumer to eliminate as much waste as I can. I know that this is a bit of a tangent, but I am so grateful that she came to speak at our school - Nancy's talks inspired me to contact the mall I work at to try and get more recycling receptacles throughout the mall so stores and shoppers have somewhere to properly get rid of their trash - I honestly think it's appalling that it is not already in place!
Anyways - overall I had a successful first time screen printing experience and I am encouraging everyone to recycle as much as they can and to watch Nancy Judd's TED talk.
Take Care,
T
Here is the link to Recycle Runway: http://recyclerunway.com
These are pictures of my final fabrics - flaws on all but I am so so happy!
Heat setting the thiox - relieved that the dye actually turned out periwinkle:
I used a green-black pigment on my linen:
The crazy got out of control - the checkerboard is more prominent than my design, and then I added neon to top it off. Fun to experiment with bold colors and patterns:
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