printing with sunshine | June 7, 2018
Plenty of Summer sun calls for sun painting/printing. I need a bit of green and purple for an upcoming nature themed project, so utilized yesterday’s bright shining afternoon.
Goatsbeard leaves, cotton string, and craft foam squaes
Sensitive fern and craft foam squares
Coreopsis blooms, Goatsbeard leaves, and cotton string
Leaves and blooms dried and drawn back in the hot sun, revealing the edges of the print
Peeling away the fern leaf to reveal the print
Green sun-printed fabric
Purple/magenta sun-printed fabric
Favorite result: the bright center of the Coreopsis bloom print
Work fast when it’s hot out. The prints will have sharpest edges when resist objects are placed while the fabric is still wet with paint. I’ve had the craft foam squares for years and save and reuse them. Same with the string.
I basically follow the sun painting instructions HERE, which include a link to the Setacolor Transparent Fabric Paints I use.
I’ll be posting more photos soon of what these fabrics become.
This is my first blog post entirely by mobile phone. Bear with me while I sort out how all this works, but so far so pleased with the ease of it all.