Deconstructed Screen Printing.....Fabrics

It's been 3 days since

Screen Printing Play Day

Tonight I got around to rinsing and washing the

fabrics created with the screens

Here's how the fabrics turned out:

Screen Printed Fabrics on the line...

Bubble Wrap & Non-Slip Rubber Circles Screen:

This screen created the following prints on fabric...

FYI: I used clear thickened paste when printing the screens.

NO dye was added to the paste.

Disposable Gloves Screen:

Back Side of Screen...

Front Side of Screen

I saw Kerr Grabowski do this on a video

Here is the fabric created with the glove screen...

This paper plate holder and cardboard screen created the

following prints on fabric...

Circles Screen:

This Circles screen created the following prints on fabric...

I don't have an image of the screen that created the

following prints on fabric...

This bubble wrap and cardboard screen created the following

prints on fabric...

Last week I made 17 deconstructed screens,

but only used 6 of them at the Play Day...

The remaining screens will wait patiently for the next

Screen Printing Play Day...

This surface design process can be labor intensive to

prep the screens...

But, it's worth it to me!

CLICK HERE to view: Part 1

CLICK HERE to view: Part 2

CLICK HERE to view: Part 3

CLICK HERE to view:  The last of the screen printing

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Screens are Drying...

I decided to move the wet screens out doors today...

This is day 2....and they still have areas of wet dye

A few hours in the sunshine helped to dry them

This screen had the cardboard sleeves from a Starbucks Coffee

This screen had a rubber pad that you put under a carpet

to prevent it from slipping

Bubble Wrap and Corrugated Card Board

Round Rubber Disks to prevent slipping in the tub

Rubber Bands and bubble wrap

Wire Mesh Paper Plate Holder

and Starbucks Coffee Cup Sleeves

Round plastic caps off of all sorts of bottles and containers

Wire Mesh that you put over rain gutters to keep leaves out

Plastic Wrap scrunched up and left to dry all wrinkled

Bathtub non slip rings, metal hooks, paper clips, pop tops from cans

Ooops...

I found a few more items I wanted to try out...

I mixed up another quart of thickened paste and made

5 more screens........these are addicting!

Wire Mesh......Back of Screen

Wire Mesh......Front of Screen.....Not dry yet.

Several colors of thickened dye....drawn out in lines

Disposable Gloves......Back Side of Screen

Disposable Gloves.....Front Side of Screen.....Not dry Yet.

There will be a lot more wrinkles as this dries out.

Plastic Mesh Grid......Back of Screen

Plastic Mesh Grid......Front Side.....Not Dry Yet.

Time to pack up the screens

and round up the rest of the supplies

for the Screen Printing Play Day on Wednesday...

More to Come!

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

CLICK HERE to view: Part 1 Deconstructed Screen Printing

CLICK HERE to view: Fabric Dyeing Workshop June 16, 2012

CLICK HERE to view: Thermofax Screen Printing

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Screen Printing.....Deconstructed

I haven't had the camera in my hands much this week.

My hands have been full of fabric dyes...

Today I mixed up thickened dye paste

Sodium Alginate/Powdered Seaweed

thickens the dye powders

Condiment Containers

full of thickened dye paste

These make it easy to squirt the dye onto the screens

I wasn't able to take too many process images today because my hands were full of dye and I didn't want it all over the camera.....eek!

After the thickened dye paste is applied to the screen...

You can place all sorts of textured items into the paste

and allow them to dry overnight.

Tomorrow I will remove the objects from the screens...

Next week I will take the screens to a

Screen Printing Play Day

I will take the camera along too so you can see

the results of the Deconstructed Screens.

I am also preparing for a Fabric Dyeing Workshop

here at Kessi Farms next weekend...

12 students are joining me in the back yard for a day

of creating hand dyed fabric....

We have room for a few more students if you are interested!

Inquire at: kessi@pioneer.net

My hands have been busy in the flower beds too...

The iris are in full bloom...

The Rhodies are blooming too.

CLICK HERE:  to see My Quilts

CLICK HERE to view: The Deconstructed Screens Drying

CLICK HERE to view: Deconstructed Screen Printing Video

CLICK HERE to view: Breakdown or Deconstructed Printing

CLICK HERE to view: Fabric Dyeing Workshop June 16, 2012

CLICK HERE to view: Screen Printing Play Day June 2011

May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi