Sue's first day class was Improv Paining on Fabric with Kevin Womack. This was a "play day" to transform fabric with various surface design techniques. We had various items like old kitchen utensils that could be used to create designs, stencils, bubble wrap and other items to create texture, objects that could be placed under the fabric and painted over for design & texture. We also used color washes of diluted paint to transform a background. Most students worked on white "new" fabric, but Sue used pieces that were previously dyed. These were mostly pieces that didn't turn out well - too much white and/or blah colors, so this class was an attempt to make them more interesting.
work space
Image printed with a thermofax screen
Designs added with various mark making objects, a light blue wash colored in white areas
Design printed with a thermofax screen; original design is from a spiral masher/mixer (kitchen utensil)
This texture is from a length of cording placed under the fabric, and then flicking the paint brush over the raised area
Paint over a stencil created these images
It is fun and freeing to work improvisationally without thinking too much about what you are doing - just create!
Great looking pieces. It's always fun to do techniques like this to spark creativity.
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