Painting and Stamping

Previously I painted the white cotton fabric squares using a foam brush but found soaking the squares in watered down paint much quicker and effective. The fabric, in the photo below, was soaked, dried, ironed then repeated, this intensified the colour. Once I had achieved the desired effect I dug out some small rubber stamps, left over from my paper crafting days, and began to play.

I used a foam sponge, dabbed the paint on the stamp and randomly printed the design all over the fabric square. The other technique I tried was using a dried up ink pad. I squirted a little of the black paint on the surface and gently manipulated the paint until it had soak in. Once I had a good random pattern stamped I began to colour the design in.

Method Used a general sized ice-cream tub One good squirt of the blue paint Approx 2 inches of cold water and mixed well Tore 5x 12" squares of white cotton fabric Layered together in the tub and soaked for about 20 mins Dried, ironed and repeated for a deeper a deeper colour

Decanted the left over paint mixture into a chinese take away tub for use later. Really enjoyed this little experiment and have a multitude of ideas on what to try in the upcoming weeks.