I wanted to try printing after a long absence. I've not done much before but I've enjoyed it. My previous experience has been with fabrics so I thought I'd try some batik dye mixed with manutex as a thickener. It was a bit too squishy and went all over the place. I found I was wanting my screen printing gear out but that's another course!
Having said that there are some attractive parts of what I did.
I used heuchera leaves because I love the shape
Printing with manutex |
Printing with manutex |
Detail |
Detail |
I need to try this again probably with extra thickener.
I already had my printing ink out so I decided to try that. The ink is ancient and the really hot weather didn't help; it just dried so quickly on my glass. I resorted to spraying it with water which made it a little better but I am not happy with what I did and need to return to it on a cooler day. I think I need to choose my material more carefully as well.
I'm quite enjoying playing around in this unusual way in my garden but I need to ask myself where I'm going.
Love what you got with the heuchera leaves and the printing ink piece has great texture.
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