Re: Printing on fabric

I do a lot of kallitype on cloth printing. A few comments:

I tried silk quite a while ago with palladium. Total mess :-(

Try something cotton based, much better. I like Egyptian cotton for a
smooth look and un-sized painters canvas for a rough look. Avoid
synthetic fabrics.

Wash the cloth before coating. There are too many chemicals (sizes??)
added to the cloth and they seem to be inconsistant. I simply throw the
cloth into my clothes washer with 1/8 the normal amount of laundry soap.

You can see some of my Kalitype on cloth here:

http://www.ferguson-photo-design.com/finearta.shtml

Or, if you are in Southern California, at a show the list's own Jan
Pietrzak curated at Glendale College (in the Library).

On Tuesday, March 9, 2004, at 08:02 AM, Patricia Reed wrote:

> did you wash your fabric before applying chemistry?
> perhaps the chemistry reacted with the sizing?
>
>>>> loris_medici@yahoo.com 3/9/2004 9:58:28 AM >>>
> So my problem is chemical fogging you suggest... According to you,
> would
> a very mild acid prewash and drying help? (as suggested from someone
> off
> list)
>
> Regards,
> Loris.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Patricia Reed [mailto:preed@kumc.edu]
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 5:47 PM
>> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>> Subject: Re: Printing on fabric
>>
>>
>> I've been printing cyanotype and Vandyke on unbleached white
>> muslin for a while with great results I wash & press the
>> muslin, mask off the area I want to sensitize lay the fabric
>> ...
>
>
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Tom Ferguson
http://www.ferguson-photo-design.com
Received on Tue Mar 9 10:44:56 2004