Somewhat inspired by this fab little book with a bit of Lotta thrown in (all while channelling Maya) I felt compelled to print things with the girleen.
Having an artist in the house means that occasionally we have the proper equipment in the house (like a print roller). Having the artist being a PAINTER (instead of a print-maker) means that we don't necessarily have ALL the right equipment. We used a lunchbox lid and acrylic poster paint.
The small girl had a small problem with thinking "small" on the amount of paint to squeeze onto the tray.
With our rudimentary tools (and abundant paint) we managed to create a few interesting prints on paper and fabric.
We decided to make fabric that we could then sew into something. I made an apple leaf print.
The girleen did a 1/2-a-lemon print, and then decided it was more fun to PAINT than to print (she's her father's daughter).
The way this paint stains clothes and furniture, I don't see a problem with the print fading too much with washing (or any other kind of stain-removal process, for that matter).
I think I enjoy the printing process more than the wee girl does (and if I'm completely honest, I'd probably enjoy it a lot more without her...). I hope to one day get some time to play a bit more with printing. For now, it's joining FELTING on the list of things that I'm definitely coming back to. I just have a few quilt and yarn projects to finish first....
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Fun, fun, FUN!
Heh, heh. I wish you better luck than me. I have a list of "Things that I want to get to so that I can put them on my come back to list"...
Such a good idea!
Now you have a totally unique fabric with which to make a totally unique something...
I like.
And do show a pic of the bag when it is complete :-)
I have done this in the past and it's jogged some memories and given inspiration for some new projects- thank you!
Sounds like my recent fabric printing adventure/saga with children!
Oh wow, I haven't done that since I was at school! Hmm, may be time to have another go... Of course it might be a plan to get some other stuff off the 'To Do' list first!
printing is just so Messy!
not for me.
Craft ADD, you haz it ;-)
Just so you know, you're going to need a LOT of time and space to get over this little obsession, once you really get started. P'raps give felting a quick look-in first!
Gosh you two are gorgeous. :-)
That looks like fun. Happy new Year Nikki. Hope 2012 is a lot of fun.
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