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Tuesday 26 March 2013

Procion P painting

I've been intrigued for some time by the fabrics produced by Mickey Lawler of Skydyes and wondered if it would be possible to duplicate these effects with Procion P dyes.  A day of experimenting at Morley led to results worth exploring further.
Cotton cloth set up on a batik frame, dampened and Procion  P dye applied with different brushes and sponges.  This is a dye recipe containing reddish blue, turquoise and black.
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Detail of how the dye splits as it travels through the cloth
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Result of painting directly on the cloth when it is pinned directly to the backing cloth, rather than on a frame
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Dye applied on to crinkled cloth on the print table ( bottom) and applied over clingfilm, then crinkled, ( top).  This technique gives great marks.
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Now to explore what happens with complementary colours.  Too much inspiration, too little time.

2 comments:

  1. What lovely cloth! Hard to choose a favourite -but I have to confess to loving the one pinned onto the frame. Can't wait to see your next experiments!

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  2. Did you treat the fabric first? (soak it in soda ash or what ever it is you have to use to 'fix' the colour?)

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