Deconstructed Screen Printing.....the last of the screens

I had deconstructed screen prints batching

 the last few days so I rinsed them out today:

 At this point, they have been rinsed out in the sink...

 They are soaking wet hanging on the flower bed fence...

 they will look much different after a 

HOT machine washing...

 The finer details of the printing show up

better when they come out of the dryer.

This is what the screen looked like

BEFORE the printing:

The texture on this screen was created with a plastic

mesh screen and plastic wrap scrunched up and pressed on top.

Below are the printed images on cloth:

 All of the fabric images have been washed and dryed

at this point...

I used clear thickened print paste only.

No dye added.

This is the next screen before printing:

The texture on this screen was created with corrugated

cardboard and bubble wrap

Here are the printed images on fabric:

This is the next screen before printing:

The texture on this screen was created with a coffee cup cardboard

sleeve and plastic tubing

These are the prints on fabric:

This is the screen BEFORE printing:

The texture on this screen was created with round non-slip rubber

rings for the bath tub, metal hooks, paper clips, soda can tabs

These are the printed images on fabric:

I don't have the BEFORE screen for these

images on fabric:

This is the screen BEFORE printing:

The texture on this screen was made with a plastic grate 

used in a food smoker.

These are the printed images on fabric:

I don't have the BEFORE screen image:

These are the images printed on fabric:

This is the screen BEFORE printing:

The texture on this screen was created with a metal

screen tray used in a BBQ.

These are the images printed on fabric:

I printed 9 Deconstructed screens on about

4 yards of cotton fabric...

I get excited over the unknown...

You never know what a deconstructed screen

is going to produce until you take the 
printed fabric out of the dryer!

You can view more of my

Deconstructed Screen Printing Posts

HERE

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

Crows...

The pie cherry tree in our yard is ripe.

The crows have been perched all over the branches

munching on those tart cherries.

Each time I step outside with the camera, the crows fly away...

The photo below is the best I can get from inside the house,

through the dirty window:

No the photo isn't much to look at...

until I zoomed in, cropped out, enhanced in iphoto...

and look what I ended up with:

I am more than happy with this version of the crow photo.

I decided to work on this second image below:

 This is the same crow, but he has turned his head just a bit...

 Here is the first version....

I cropped in a bit tighter and like this one.

Then I went back to the first crow image...

 I cropped it a bit differently, and added more saturation.

I printed all 3 images on cotton sateen fabric

with the wide format printer:

I believe a crow quilt is in my future!

Summer has finally arrived here in 
Western Oregon.....Enjoy it!

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LuAnn Kessi

Solid Fabrics......Fresh from the Dye Pot

I planned to do some screen printing yesterday...

The patio was still set up for fabric dyeing...

so I went with it!

32 mostly solid hand dyes...

They are a much needed addition to the stash.

Most of my hand dyes are fairly wild.

These solids will calm things down during the design process.

I couldn't resist throwing a few bamboo sox into the dye pot:

Now I am ready to clean up the patio.

Gunnr and I were herding cattle and stopped to smell the daisies...

I am always happy to share my photography.

If you are inspired, you are welcome to use these images

in your personal art work.

Gunnr

Mr. February

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LuAnn Kessi

Dyed Fabrics.....Rinsed, Washed, Dried

Here are the results of the morning dye session...

Soft, muted colors...

I am dyeing solid colors to add to my stash...

I really have very few solids

One bright pink fabric with lots of texture......FUN

It was a good morning.....9 Yards

This afternoon I soaked white fabric in soda ash solution:

They spent the afternoon blowing in the wind.

Tomorrow I will do more deconstructed screen printing.

Freckles, the cow mama with her herd of yearling cattle...

She is 30 years and counting!

Freckles is happiest with the cattle...

This is my favorite calf...

He's a beauty

Screen Printing.......Tomorrow!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi