more screenprinting

Yesterday I screen printed some more ties - again in a more expressive unplanned way.  I used discharge on the fabric to make the background more interesting - then screen printing in colour (cherry red) over the top before screening.  The results are unpredictable and vary acording to the base
 - brushed cotton (top right) is a little blurry and I want to try again.  I want to achieve a brushed effect but I think I need to try a simpler motifs and perhaps not so layered.

The wool delaine (bottom right) doesn't take the discharge and print so crisply.  It is quite difficult to manipulate due to its natural springy quality. 

Linen is beautiful to print onto but it doesn't take discharge.  It frays easily and after printing, the steaming and washing takes its toll so I aqm stabliling the fabric with machine when joining the seam which joins the front to the back.


Dyed raw silk is the easiest to work with.  It has a crisp quality - it takes dye, discharge and print clearly.