It's always intimidating when I decide to try something new but I wanted to share with you some of the process. I thought I would try to discharge designs into some dyes, more specifically... a band logo for an upcoming concert. As a side note, these shirts are for personal use. Unless at some point in time I become ambitious enough to get permission from their management to use the logo, I will not sell these... sorry.
I just wanted to prove nothing goes as planned the first time around... poor, poor raggedy, practice "I've had everything done to me shirt". Using a stencil I first applied some discharge paste. Problem #1... it bleeds under the stencil. Needless to say I got a less than perfect result. I even had to outline it in sharpie. Problem # 2... it doesn't capture the detail in the design. It now makes a great apron for Sydney. So instead of bleeding stencils I'm trying my hand at silkscreening the discharge paste through the design. I'm really excited to see what comes out of it. First order to see if I can still actually draw. So here's my first palm tree since decorating paper shopping bag book covers with band names, hearts and palm trees in high school.
Using the drawing fluid method I found online and several online videos from the amazing Catspitproductions, and the silk screening kit I bought from Dharma Trading Company I thought I'd give it a try. So far I'm working on the screen painting the designs I'm going to try first with the drawing fluid. Not a bad palm tree if I do say so myself. I'm kind of an impatient person so the drying time for these is killing me. After the drawing fluid is dry, the screen is covered with a filler fluid to block the holes in the screen. After some more drying *taps foot impatiently* I'll wash it off and we should have a pretty palm negative! Maybe, hopefully, pretty please *fingers crossed* When I decide whether this is something I want to continue with I may try the photo emulsion method for screen transfers but trial and error with this seems a lot less frustrating! I guess I'll wash it off and see what happens!
I just wanted to prove nothing goes as planned the first time around... poor, poor raggedy, practice "I've had everything done to me shirt". Using a stencil I first applied some discharge paste. Problem #1... it bleeds under the stencil. Needless to say I got a less than perfect result. I even had to outline it in sharpie. Problem # 2... it doesn't capture the detail in the design. It now makes a great apron for Sydney. So instead of bleeding stencils I'm trying my hand at silkscreening the discharge paste through the design. I'm really excited to see what comes out of it. First order to see if I can still actually draw. So here's my first palm tree since decorating paper shopping bag book covers with band names, hearts and palm trees in high school. 
Using the drawing fluid method I found online and several online videos from the amazing Catspitproductions, and the silk screening kit I bought from Dharma Trading Company I thought I'd give it a try. So far I'm working on the screen painting the designs I'm going to try first with the drawing fluid. Not a bad palm tree if I do say so myself. I'm kind of an impatient person so the drying time for these is killing me. After the drawing fluid is dry, the screen is covered with a filler fluid to block the holes in the screen. After some more drying *taps foot impatiently* I'll wash it off and we should have a pretty palm negative! Maybe, hopefully, pretty please *fingers crossed* When I decide whether this is something I want to continue with I may try the photo emulsion method for screen transfers but trial and error with this seems a lot less frustrating! I guess I'll wash it off and see what happens!
