I decided to do a “color movement series” with the fabric paints. The idea is to make a dilute solution of paint and water and dip the fabric in it and squeeze it out. When the first piece is laid out to dry, add a few drops of second color and a little water and dip the second piece of fabric. Continue with a few more drops of the second color and a little more water for the third piece of fabric. And so on…
My color movement series used Golden Fluid Acrylic paints in magenta and cyan, and this is the result.
I spread the fabric outside to dry, thus offering the opportunity to explain to my neighbor what I was doing.
The wrinkles sunprinted, giving an interesting texture.
One surprising effect is that the front of the fabric is darker than the back. I also discovered that after I added the blue paint to the solution I needed to make sure my fabric touching hand was clean before touching the dry fabric. Some of the pieces have blue splotches. My idea is to work the same way you would in breading vegetables (or meat for those so inclined) before frying–one hand in the breadcrumbs (dry fabric) and one hand in the egg mixtures (paint).
I also did a few other pieces.
And I had some help.
As to my neighbor’s question about what I’m going to do with this stuff? Hey, it’s a Crackpot Project, and use and function are of no importance!
Very cool, Marty! I love the gradual shading from one color to another. Now if you could do enough fabric, and include blue-to-green, green-to-yellow, yellow-to-orange, and orange-to-red, I would have enough fabric for a truly spectacular log cabin bed quilt with each block being half black and half your died fabrics! I’ll be happy to purchase all the supplies you might need. (-:
Well, I’m still working on perfecting my technique… Actually what you would probably want would be fabrics colored with dye, not paint.
The green to blue in the basement didn’t have such dramatic results. I’ll try that again using what I learned the first time. Maybe I should go blue to green instead of green to blue.
Let’s hear it for all those coupons that let me buy fabric and paint at half price!