Hand Printed Textiles

Sustainable

Traditional

Textile printed with acrylic paint using various mark making methods

Material

Fiber
Pigments and glazes

Craft

Printing
Textiles
Other

General Technique

Combining
Surface modifying

Specific Technique

Hand printing on various textiles using found mark making tools

Properties & Qualities

Application

Art Accessories Furnishing Sample Making

Qualities

Colourful

Colour

White Yellow Blue Red

Sample Information

Date of creation

August 2020

Dimensions

30 cm width x 1000 cm height x 0.1 cm depth mm

Weight

Varies depending on textile used (calico or unbleached linen)

Process & Production

A long piece of textile is taped to a table, a grid is formed with masking tape, acrylic paint (colours vary) on found objects is used for mark making.

When paint is dry, the masking tape is removed

Recipe Details

Watered down acrylic paint (50/50 acrylic paint/water) Sponged on found objects like lids, sticks, forks, spoons, etc

These objects are used as mark making tools on the stretched and taped textile (calico, linen or other plant based textile)

Credits

Craft Maker

Cecilia Lopez-Naughton

Library Contributor

National College of Art & Design Ireland

Photographer

Cecilia Lopez-Naughton

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