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labricoleuseIf you are just joining the blog, you'll want to check back to the two previous posts to catch up on the first two days' worth of this symposium, which has been hosted by the Center for Dramatic Art at UNC-Chapel Hill and at which i've been assisting and participating in some of the courses.
Day one covered the first session of four different fabric modification technique seminars.
Day two consisted of tours of three area fabric industry facilities.
Here's a quick refresher of the order in which i observed the classes:
1.) Screenprinting with EZ Screen, taught by Jeff Lieder.
2.) Devore and discharge printing, taught by Colleen Muscha.
3.) Rubberama (silicone caulk techniques on spandex), taught by Janet Bloor.
4.) Arashi Shibori, taught by Lori Hartenhoff.
I should note too for those who are new to La Bricoleuse--my photo policy is pretty free and laid-back. All images, unless otherwise credited, are copyright Rachel E. Pollock and property of me, but you are welcome to take and use ANY of them for educational presentations or publications. My only requirement is that you credit me as the source, and if it is appropriate to do so, mention that they came from http://labricoleuse.livejournal.com/
So, if you see any pictures you want, have at them! You don't HAVE to do so, but i'd like it if you'd drop a comment or an email and let me know how you are using them (i.e., tutorial PowerPoint, work-related scrapbook, what-have-you).
Screenprinting with EZ Screen
This pic shows the difference between a poorly exposed screen (left) and a good one (right).
[note the weird mottling of the unevenly exposed screen]
Jeff shows how to duct-tape an EZ Screen to a plastic frame.
Here's mine, all taped up and ready to print!
Jeff helps a participant print a repeating design on a silk scarf.
You can print right off the edge of the scarf!
(Just be sure to squeegee toward the edge rather than away from it.
Otherwise, ink may jam up under the edge and make a big blob.)
i liked the look of this motif in lighter ink on a darker ground.
A design can be screened in adhesive and a foil applied for a metallic motif.
several of the finished scarves, post-printing
(my two are in the middle, with the PRC logos)
more finished scarves hanging to dry
some theatre merchandising scarves printed with these methods
Devore and discharge printing
Can you see the burnout chemical screened onto the reverse of this sample velvet?
Application of dry heat burns away the pile where it attaches to the ground.
Colleen shows how to safely remove the fibers after the burnout process.
See Day One for shots of this technique's results.
Rubberama!
faux seed bead technique of silicone caulk squished through net
with this variation, the caulk serves as a medium for attaching beads and jewels
pin a cake decorating nozzle onto the end of a caulk gun for sculptural "icing" effects
this is an effect called "rings"
yep, curled pineapple...
Curls! (One of my students has already expressed an interest in doing a wig with these...)
"Sploodgies" is in fact the technical term - when you invent an effect,
you can call it what you like, so sploodgies it is!
Professor Jan Chambers models a curled pineapple shawl
Shibori With Lori
White vinegar serves as the acid in dyeing this scroodled silk scarf.
Shibori dumplings!
Do not try this at home in a steamer you use for food!
cute napkins at the Show-and-Tell farewell event
And that wraps up the symposium--three long, exhausting, excellent, inspiring days of creativity and fellowship. It was so wonderful to meet so many great, amazing colleagues and share these workshops together. I'm so thrilled to have been able to participate and help out with this event, and i hope everyone who attended goes back to their home theatres and educational departments and production facilities and explores more about these techniques (and has a great time doing it)! And, those of you who have been following along from afar, i hope too that you are inspired to try some of these things out--read up on the techniques and give them a shot yourselves!
Day one covered the first session of four different fabric modification technique seminars.
Day two consisted of tours of three area fabric industry facilities.
Here's a quick refresher of the order in which i observed the classes:
1.) Screenprinting with EZ Screen, taught by Jeff Lieder.
2.) Devore and discharge printing, taught by Colleen Muscha.
3.) Rubberama (silicone caulk techniques on spandex), taught by Janet Bloor.
4.) Arashi Shibori, taught by Lori Hartenhoff.
I should note too for those who are new to La Bricoleuse--my photo policy is pretty free and laid-back. All images, unless otherwise credited, are copyright Rachel E. Pollock and property of me, but you are welcome to take and use ANY of them for educational presentations or publications. My only requirement is that you credit me as the source, and if it is appropriate to do so, mention that they came from http://labricoleuse.livejournal.com/
So, if you see any pictures you want, have at them! You don't HAVE to do so, but i'd like it if you'd drop a comment or an email and let me know how you are using them (i.e., tutorial PowerPoint, work-related scrapbook, what-have-you).
This pic shows the difference between a poorly exposed screen (left) and a good one (right).
[note the weird mottling of the unevenly exposed screen]
Jeff shows how to duct-tape an EZ Screen to a plastic frame.
Here's mine, all taped up and ready to print!
Jeff helps a participant print a repeating design on a silk scarf.
You can print right off the edge of the scarf!
(Just be sure to squeegee toward the edge rather than away from it.
Otherwise, ink may jam up under the edge and make a big blob.)
i liked the look of this motif in lighter ink on a darker ground.
A design can be screened in adhesive and a foil applied for a metallic motif.
several of the finished scarves, post-printing
(my two are in the middle, with the PRC logos)
more finished scarves hanging to dry
some theatre merchandising scarves printed with these methods
Devore and discharge printing
Can you see the burnout chemical screened onto the reverse of this sample velvet?
Application of dry heat burns away the pile where it attaches to the ground.
Colleen shows how to safely remove the fibers after the burnout process.
See Day One for shots of this technique's results.
Rubberama!
faux seed bead technique of silicone caulk squished through net
with this variation, the caulk serves as a medium for attaching beads and jewels
pin a cake decorating nozzle onto the end of a caulk gun for sculptural "icing" effects
this is an effect called "rings"
yep, curled pineapple...
Curls! (One of my students has already expressed an interest in doing a wig with these...)
"Sploodgies" is in fact the technical term - when you invent an effect,
you can call it what you like, so sploodgies it is!
Professor Jan Chambers models a curled pineapple shawl
Shibori With Lori
White vinegar serves as the acid in dyeing this scroodled silk scarf.
Shibori dumplings!
Do not try this at home in a steamer you use for food!
cute napkins at the Show-and-Tell farewell event
And that wraps up the symposium--three long, exhausting, excellent, inspiring days of creativity and fellowship. It was so wonderful to meet so many great, amazing colleagues and share these workshops together. I'm so thrilled to have been able to participate and help out with this event, and i hope everyone who attended goes back to their home theatres and educational departments and production facilities and explores more about these techniques (and has a great time doing it)! And, those of you who have been following along from afar, i hope too that you are inspired to try some of these things out--read up on the techniques and give them a shot yourselves!
