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