Category Archives: silk screening

SCAD Fiber Department Tour continues

The Sewing Machine Studio Students learn to work with electronic, digitised machines… …and old-school machines for sewing, knitting, embroidery and serging. The Weaving Studio I have very limited knowledge on looms but could see the room was filled with many different types – small and large. The largest one in the back is the only […]

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Jane Dunnewold Workshop

I attended Jane Dunnewold’s Dye workshop at the Pacific Northwest Art School in Coupeville. Jane took us through many different dyeing techniques. I picked up lots of valuable tips to fine tune my dyeing practice and I was able to correct the bad habits I had developed over the years. The first exercise was to dye […]

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Deconstructed Screen Trials

Next technique was to embed a variety of materials on a screen painted with thickened dye. Once the screen was dry the materials were removed. This screen produced 4 images before it was exhausted.  This screen produced 12 images before the dye was finished.I suspect the variable making the difference is the fabric on the screen. This fabric […]

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Screen Printing – Stencils

I made a print board from insulation foam, an old wool blanket, vinyl and an old poly-cotton bed sheet.    Ready to go, starting with primary coloured Procion MX dyes. Working with a newspaper stencil is the 1st technique on Kerr Grabowski’s ‘Deconstructed Screen Printing for Fabric and Paper’ DVD.The image fuzziness is an example of learning from mistakes. The cloth […]

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