I thrifted a 5xl pumpkin orange shirt and turned it into a dress.
I wanted an aline shape so I used another shirt dress that I made as a pattern, reused the sleeves and folded, hemmed them. The short sleeves fit like wide cap sleeves. I also tightened the neck.
+ Bonus photos of the dress after I block printed on it.
Printing projects from this evening. I'm thinking about filling out the black light responsive shirt too.
I used speedball block fabric ink in black and cotton shirts. (The orange one was a 5xl shirt that I sewed into a dress)
Glass or resin doll eyes, uv resin, lashes, resin teeth. I started making surreal bolo ties last year. Here's some of my work!
Hidden teeth, a hand and a nose in the body.
I'm having a lot of fun coming up with interesting tiny details to put in my prints, like implied teeth and eyes, hands, noses but they sometimes get lost or the print is inconsistent. Running into issues with ink getting into the tiny details when I saturate the rubber blocks.
I'm using the carving tools and brayer that came with my speedball intro kit, speedball block printing inks and rubber blocks.
I try to get thin layers of ink on the block and using even, firm pressure, a glass pan for the ink. I've tried hand pressing, using a baren, paper on top, paper underneath, spraying it lightly with water but it doesn't seem to make much of a difference. The water trick helps a lot with saturation/sticking to fabric or paper but not with the detail.
Do I need to use the harder lino to keep details, less pressure, a different bayer or possibly better tools? (I also sharpen them before use with a slipstrop)
Any help or notes would be much appreciated! Everyone's work has been inspiring.
Here's an example of the piece I made yesterday. One with less ink on the block and one with more saturation.
I'm having a lot of fun coming up with interesting tiny details to put in my prints, like implied teeth and eyes, hands, noses but they sometimes get lost or the print is inconsistent. Running into issues with ink getting into the tiny details when I saturate the rubber blocks.
I'm using the carving tools and brayer that came with my speedball intro kit, speedball block printing inks and rubber blocks.
I try to get thin layers of ink on the block and using even, firm pressure, a glass pan for the ink. I've tried hand pressing, using a baren, paper on top, paper underneath, spraying it lightly with water but it doesn't seem to make much of a difference. The water trick helps a lot with saturation/sticking to fabric or paper but not with the detail.
Do I need to use the harder lino to keep details, less pressure, a different bayer or possibly better tools? (I also sharpen them before use with a slipstrop)
Any help or notes would be much appreciated! Everyone's work has been inspiring.
Here's an example of the piece I made yesterday. One with less ink on the block and one with more saturation.
Tonight's linocut + process. I'm still trying to get a handle on inking. I usually use a cutting board and hand press fine but this one is a bit blurry. Final print using speedball block printing ink.
I used speedball inks on these and various linocuts that I've made.
I know the proportions are off but I think I'm getting closer...
Really wanted some 90s brown slip dresses. Mixed jaquard brown and salmon acid dye to dye these brown. (I also used black to tie dye)
Fairly new to linocut but I dig it! Every time I make something I learn from my mistakes.