Paint and Fabric
Here is the aftermath of a rather large project I’ve completed recently, but unfortunately this is all I can show you. It came out great! But that is all I can say for now. It has also been quiet because I’ve been doing the whole graphic design thing. I’ve been helping out the gallery that I show my work in by laying out ads for various print publications. I just finished a full page one for Detroit Hour magazine. I’ve never designed anything for such a big publication so I welcomed the opportunity to add it to the experiences on the resume. It comes out in December.
Also been working creating small product to sell this Christmas season. Lots of assembly line work making coasters, fabric flip journals and maybe bookmarks. Here’s just some of the fabric that is slowly being sewn into coasters. Some of it is commercial, some of it is hand-dyed, hand painted, some of it is recycled clothing.
I’ve been using quite a bit of the ProFab paint from Pro Chem. I love, love this stuff.
If you check out the clearance section on their website you can find an 8 oz jar of the paint for $2.95. The paint is smooth, with a bit of a pudding consistency and it works great for screen printing and painting. I’ve even mixed a few together to get my own colors. The brighter colors will stain screens and whatever else they come in contact with but it won’t clog screens if you don’t let it dry. I’ve only used the transparent so far (because that’s what’s in the clearance section) and the coverage is lovely. I work in layers so I usually want images or texture to show through the paint anyways.
My extra fabric that I keep handy to use up any paint left over from a project is really starting to fill up. It maybe worked into a project soon.
Oh! My friend Lynn and I got accepted to have a show in 2012. Super excited! I don’t know when its happening yet and I do know that I need to get crackin’ on some new big pieces. But before that, Halloween is next week and Batman’s costume needs to get shortened.
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