Re: Printing on Fabric

Galina Manikova (galina@telepost.no)
Fri, 10 May 1996 00:13:09 +0200

> Can anyone point me in the right direction for details on how
> to make a photographic print on fabric. I have had limited
> success with cyanotype (and could use some pointers here), but
> also would like to know about other options.

Cyanotype works fine on all organic fabrics, like cotton, linen, silk.The
exposures are very long, compared to paper. Gum arabic can be used with
textile colorants, damp fixed and washed, otherwise it makes the fabric
stiff. Lazy students prefer to use a ready made Liquid Light emulsion from
Rockland or other sources. Sometimes one needs to impregnate the fabric
first. Galina.(galina@telepost.no)