Printing with Lines

Elizabeth played along with challenge 2 from Julie Booth to find objects that would create lines and print with them.  These are the pieces she came up with.  Can you guess what she used to print with?

The first was done with straws - multiple straws glued to a piece of cardboard.

The second piece came out of the pantry cupboard.  Pieces of lasagna, also glued to a piece of cardboard.

What can you find in your kitchen to print lines with?

Printing with Circles

Julie Booth is running a Scavenger Hunt on her blog to go with her book Fabric Printing at Home.  The first task was to find circles on objects from the kitchen and use them to print.  Sue collected a tray full of objects, but chose 3 for her printed sample.  Here's what she found:

And this is what she created:

She started with the bottom of the green plastic cup to make the first circle.

She used this wire egg beater that squishes up and down to make the spiral inside the circles.

Finally she added dots with the end of a cork from a wine bottle to complete the pattern.

Here's the finished piece and the 3 things she used to print circles.  Fun!

Elizabeth also found some circle objects to play with.  Here are her prints:

Left to right - a plastic magnifier, a small plastic plant pot, a cap from a vitamin bottle, a straw, a plastic suction cup, and a cork.  We applied the paint to these objects by dabbing it on with a sponge.  Take a look around your kitchen - see what circles you can find to print with!  And follow along on Julie's blog for the rest of the scavenger hunt - up next is "lines".

Printing Inspiration Package

I recently received a birthday gift of a package of books, DVDs, and other supplies for print making that was offered by Interweave/Quilting Daily.  Look at all this inspiration!  (A little overwhelming, actually.)

There are 4 books that cover various types of printing - gelli plate printing, screen printing, stamping and carving your own stamps, and Printmaking Unleashed, which features a wealth of over 50  techniques for mark making.  Also included is a pad of printmaking paper, a squeegee, a thermofax screen and stencil by Julie Balzer, and 2 DVDs.  Exploring all these techniques (some new, some not) will keep me busy for quite a while!  Not to mention  another recent book acquisition with more things to try. 

Julie Booth's recent book features fabric printing with food and found objects from the kitchen.  I see lots of ideas for experimentation in PGFiber2Art's future, especially for Quilt Camp 7!

Getting Started

I'm still refining the list of projects and new endeavors for 2015, but getting closer to specifics. I'm also focusing on this quote from Lesley Riley " Learn to observe the ordinary. That's where you'll find the answers." This, and my word "clarify", and we'll see how the year evolves. I've got a list of UFOs, and a list of ideas.

 Meanwhile, I've worked on one UFO (Winter Oaks that I showed in this post) and started testing some ideas for another project. Here are a few things I played around with today.

The top photo above is a piece I started printing last fall, but needed to let the paint dry before I filled in all the spaces - and then didn't get back to it.  So today I decided it was time to finish filling in the spaces.  Then, I played with the things below.  On the left is a seed pod that I saved from a flower arrangement.  I thought it would make an interesting stamp, although it's not flat so I knew that would make it hard to get a complete print.  But there is potential there....stay tuned.  On the bottom right are some prints from a wooden stamp that I was trying out.  I like it.

And finally, I did some discharge on a piece of hand-dyed fabric to see what color it would discharge to and if I like the results.  I'm considering some options for a small project I want to do this month.  Well, its a start!