Saturday 28 December 2013

Extraordinary Prints from Ordinary Objects - K

These Boots are Made for Printing - K is for Keens!

So what do Boots have to do with with the letter K? Well, in 
my Swedish mother tongue boot is called kanga (just imagine 
two little dots above the first 'a' in kanga).  
In addition to that: My favourite boots, shoes, sandals are made 
by Keens. AND in addition to THAT: Keens have  awesome sole patterns!

Colour Vie pigments are water based, so any boots/tools are
easily cleaned with water.





 















I use Colour Vie pigments (www.colourvie.com) to print with.

If you are using other pigments, just make sure that they are water based, 
so that you can easily clean off your boots with water after printing.

I made a stamp pad from a piece of foam rubber.
A foam brush is also good for applying the pigment to the boots.

In all these pieces I decided to start printing with an opaque white,
and then to layer other colours on top.


First I printed white boot prints, then over-painted  with blue pigment.
The opaque white pigment will not absorb the blue colour as much as
 the white cotton, so will appear lighter. Lastly I overprinted
with a metallic copper pigment.


Opaque white pigment on green cotton.

First I printed opaque white on white cotton. Then I over-painted with
yellow, red and blue. After this was dry I printed with metallic copper
pigment.

Opaque white print on white cotton, over-painted with red,
then over-printed with metallic gold pigment.

Opaque white pigment on yellow cotton, over-painted with
pink pigment.

Opaque white pigment on white cotton, over-printed with grey and black
pigments.

Opaque white pigment on yellow cotton, over-printed with grey and
black pigments.
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elsewhere please click on Calendar.

I wish you a very Happy, Healthy and Creative 2014!