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flour paste resist with dye paste over it- should make a nice crackle fabric
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printed with coral pink on the black screen
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held up to the light
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screen prepared yesterday with dye paste and rubber band resists- now dried and ready to print
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using chinese red fiber reactive dye with sodium alginate paste on screen to print on soda ash soaked and dried fabric
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getting ready to print something new
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on the back side of flour resist on fabric
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flour paste resist on fabric with black dye paste over it
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lightweight linen after rinsing, washing and drying
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light weight linen rinsed, washed and dried
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printed fabric after rinsing and drying this is a lightweight linen
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cant wait to see it rinsed and dried
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the large screen with dried sodium alginate/ dye texture- ready to print
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printed
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this was below the printed fabri- it was treated with soda ash so the dye will stay- could let dry and then put more prepared fabric on top and screen print again- that might be cool!
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this is the base fabric underneath the fabric that i just removed
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the bubble wrap texture is so cool
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next it batches for 24 hours then rinsed for final fabric
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printed using thickened dye
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complex cloth
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deconstructed screen printing with dye paste
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dye paste with image dried on screen
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deconstructed screen printing
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this screen was made using a plastic doily for texture
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printed with sodium alginate and dye paste
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screen with dye paste drying - will print it tomorrow
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two more blue birds
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screen painted with dye paste for deconstructed printing once dry
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using a commercial stencil to print with dye paste on to linen
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flying!!