My first print I decided to create onto boralini using pigment inks, these are brand new inks that print onto black fabric as the colour sits ontop of the fabric rather than going the whole way through the fibres, I started out by taping my boralini down and taking my first screen I put white pigment at the top of my screen and pulled down several times using the squeegee, I then waited for this to dry whilst waiting I washed my screen and dyed several pieces of fabric which I shall blog about in a seperate post, once the screen and the print was dry, or atleast I thought, I continued to print with my second screen (the red layer) I didn't realise how wet the white still was and when I pulled my screen off it took most of the white with it which is why the white looks patchy, I then proceeded to print with my third and fourth screen using the same method and this is how my print turned out, I am happy with the results although I didn't like how long the pigments took to dry and pulled away if slightly wet.
These next photos show my second and third sample, using cotton (left hand side) and muslin (right hand side) I taped both peices of fabric together so therefore I could print all together and get my full print throughout two peices of fabric, I used the same method of screen printing but this time used regular pigments mixed with binder, I chose to stick to my originally planned colour scheme and I feel this worked really really well!! I prefer my print on cotton as the colours look far more vibrant and stand out a lot more rather than on the muslin.
The final sample for this blog post was a sample on a long piece of Borsalini, for this sample I decided to experiment with puff binder, I chose to use only white (the binder before pigment is added) and create a mono-chrome print, I printed as shown in the first image then once heat was applied the image became more 3D and stood out and I believe looks very appealing.
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