French Inspired Prints

My french inspired look,,,like many followers of blogs, pinterest, FB and the list goes on through social media, theres plenty of lovers of the french look, l'm drawn to the more rustic french look, so l have been playing around with some new prints and have been putting some up on my Etsy shop.

l have have been screenprinting onto canvas drop cloth,,fanastic texture,,has real grain sack look and feel.

And washes up great, no need to be precious, throw in the wash and no need to iron.

Heres just a few of the treasures l've been creating

An aperient or laxative.

 

l 've had this image for several years now ,and thought it would look great as a french inspired print..its a shame l hadn't google what it said,,not until my friend suggested,,''l think its an ad for laxative's" and sure enough it is,, hilarious,, so its a conversation piece,, l've printed it on canvas drop cloth and made several placemats,, anyway, l still like it, in fact quite funny.

 

 

 

 

This is before l put it through the washing machine, the edging looks heaps better after the wash.

 

French Series

 

 

New images burnt on to screens

 

 

 

 

Printed on canvas drop cloth

 

 

 

 

 

 

How to line up two color prints

 

 

 

Firstly you need to attach your screen with the top print to a hinge, so this print lines up in the same position each time.

 

Now using a large piece of clear transparency sheet,sticky tape the transparency that has your image on it, you'll see this is hanging out the left on my photo, l tape this to the side of my table once l have it lined up with my screen

 

 

l take my bag that has already got my lemon print on it, l lay it on the table and flip the transparency sheet over the top of it and line up the top image so the words sit nicely on to it.

 

 

 



 

 

 

 then l flip the transparency sheet away to the side and l'm ready to pull the screen down and print

 

 

 

Then repeat for each new print

 

 



 

 

The finished bag

 

When Life gives you Lemons

 

 

 

I got the idea to create a recipe and print it on bags and teatowels.

 

l went with a Lemon Cordial recipe, it needed to be fairly simple, l tried printing on paper first, as  theres limited room on a screen

 

l love the idea of giving a gift, thats decorative and also has a use, l plan on putting the actual ingredients in the bags and giving as a gift.

Now l tried an idea l had been wondering if it would work, l cut out a shape of a lemon in black cardboard and used it like l use my transparency sheets, and exposed it with my exposure unit, and l was thrilled it actually works,( this has given some new ideas of using this technique)

How'd l get that texture on the actual lemon,,sshh,,l got my toothbrush ,dipped the bristles in the emulsion and sort of bashed it on the screen , so it would block the ink going through.

 

 

 

 

Drying under a lemon tree

 

 

 

I printed out 2 copies of the recipe on A4 transparency film and layed them together to make an A3 size 

 

 

 

 

Trouble with my 1st attempt at exposing the recipe, l over washed my screen and washed the corner out,,,ggrrr, so l had to do it again.( l have since spoken to a sales rep and he gave me the tip of keeping the screen wet and let the water get into the unexposed part ,a couple of minutes as long as the screens kept wet the unexpose part wont stick,,then gently wash out with a hose.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The end result, l'm pretty happy with it.

 

Next blog post l'l try and explain how l print the recipe over the top of the lemon and keep every thing lined up.

 

~ kim ~

Print Swap

My print swaps, should be well and truely on there way to my fellow swap partners, l put in an extra surprise for each of them.

A Shade of Apple

Still on the color mixing, the apple green quilting fabric needed some ink to match, again l started with the lightest color (white) and added a fluroescent green.

The basic green , needed some warmth, so l added yellow,and it wasn't a  deeper enough green, so l added a small dollop of blue.

Pretty happy with the match.

 



My favourite screen "Girl in the Garden", l never tirer of her.

 

 

Time for some sewing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~ kim ~