Here is more. To build this screen image, I used corrugated cardboard and some fly swatters as the resist when I applied the base coat of thickened dye. After it dried, I used clear alginate to print.
Here is another one (above). I only printed this one four times. There was not much dye left on the screen (only in the white areas). I mixed and blended different colors of dye directly on the screen to create this effect, which I think is lovely.
There was not much dye coming through this screen, so the prints are very white. I used netting and rubber bands to create the texture. I did not do many prints of this one. I later realized I probably could have continued printing over and over and might have had something interesting, but I didn't love it, so I moved on to my other screens.
I love these! Now that the weather is warming up and I may have some free time, I hope to get back to trying this again. I love the rubber band resists! Did you drop them on the screen while the thickened dye was wet, then pull them off when the dye dried? Great patterning!
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