Paper and Fabric Explorations

I have been exploring more possibilities with the combination of paper and cloth. This time painting the background of the Washable Paper-Cloth with dyes. It works beautifully but it is a slow process. I think I like it better using paint instead because it's less messy and it's ready faster (no need to wait for the fabric to batch for many hours, waiting for the color to attached to the fibers).

For this sample two paper-cloths were used, a sheer fabric (green) and broadcloth (white). Because of the nature of the green fabric you could easily spot the oval shapes from the white fabric that is underneath, as shown in the picture below.

And here are more details:

This is the finished piece!

I had fun during the process and can't wait for the warmer weather to arrive so I can go outside to my garage and get messy for long hours.

Quilt National Workshop *Recycled Newspaper and Cloth*

 
 

Washable Newsprint Cloth
 
Doing more samples for my  coming workshop at The Dairy Barn Art Center.
 
Interlocking paint designs with recycled newspaper is just  one of the techniques I will be teaching.
 
 

 
the end result is a soft cloth that can be used in a quilt or wearable art.

Art-Cloth with *Recycled Newspaper*




Above are *details* from my latest work. An Art-Cloth study with *Paper*.

This is an Art-Cloth which has been painted, resisted, dyed and Infused with recycled newspapers, a technique I developed and called INC (Infused Newsprint Cloth).

The challenge for me was to obtain a soft, washable, pliable and easy to sew fabric. This is not an easy task, especially after the addition of several layers of dyes and paints plus the application of paper.
I am pleased with the results! This is a 32 inches by 32 inches piece of cotton. Now that I know it works I am already planning my next project.

*Paper and Fabric Collage*

Hoja
 
This is a paper and fabric mixed media art. I used This technique to appliqué the recycled paper.
 
 
It all started with hand-dyed and hand-printed fabrics. Purple, red and green color dyes has been used for the solid color cloth.

After I designed my own silk-screen, grey was used to imprint the white fabric with lettering. Then, magazine clippings were laminated, cut in the leaf shape and sewn in place by hand.
 

Close up.
I will offer this as a *NEW* workshop.