Friday, October 28, 2005

More new technique...and questions


Quite a while ago I bought a product called Bubble Jet. It's a chemical that makes ANY fabric able to accept ink-jet printing. Yesterday I tried it for the first time and I love it! The process is a bit involved; soak fabric, dry fabric, iron onto freezer paper, print, dry; but the results are great. I used some sheer cream linen. The printed fabric has no change in its hand at all and the pictures are bright and pretty crisp (I enlargd them and I think I lost resolution...my bad - not the product) The first thing my DH said was..."could you make a whole book like this?" The only down side is that you are limited by the size of paper the printer will accept. Length is usually not a problem, but none of my printers will take wider than 8.5" and they all have a mandatory border...ie will not print to the edge.

I also have been using Celluclay in some silicone push molds. This is taking just FOREVER to dry. I tried unmolding when the surface felt dry, but the cast was still wet and some of them shredded. Any suggestions? BTW - I tried my heat gun which made the mold smoke! Ewww.

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