dendritic printing

Since some of you seemed interested in this method of fabric (and paper) printing I’ll take a deeper dive. I had never heard of it before the Backgrounds and Textures class, but the technique has been around for at least a decade on YouTube, and who knows how much further back in pre-online video days.

This was my first print. You get two impressions from each press.

Here I used glass plates and printed on old monoprints and newspaper.

Textile paint circles on linen, printed separately.

I found that several factors can affect the thickness of the branches and ...

added by snarkyquilter 7 months, 2 weeks ago. under acrylic paint techniques , dendritic printing , in process , monoprinting , techniques (Comments)

This past week I decided I had had it with the arrangement of my studio, so I changed it. Since I last did this I am doing more mixed media work, and am using my table more than my sewing machine.

My resource center, aka messy bookcase. Yes, my music player is very old school (no touch screen,) but I can still play my cassette tapes.

Design wall with my new motto, Fear Less.

So far the new arrangement is working much better, partly because I am now using the space between the design ...

added by snarkyquilter 7 months, 3 weeks ago. under dendritic printing , in process , inspiration , mixed media , resource rearrangement , studio , techniques (Comments)

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