Create Your Own Hand-Printed Cloth: Stamp, Screen & Stencil with Everyday Objects
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Fun, Foolproof Ways to Create Your Own One-of-a-Kind Fabric • Discover 8 can't-miss techniques for creating one-of-a-kind cloth for quilts or wearables • Produce fascinating effects with objects you find at home or in the hardware store • Print original fabric with no rules, no limits — explore the endless possibilities! • Use these techniques on cotton, silk, or rayon. Discover your inner artist - and put your junk drawer to good use - in this practical guide to the exciting world of surface design. Learn 8 easy techniques: stamping, stenciling, random screenprinting, gelatin plate printing, deconstructed screenprinting, discharge printing, soy wax batik, and making rubbings. Then jump right in and start making your own gorgeous fabric! Next Generation Indie Book Award Winner 2008 Review: Inspiring and Creative - A very interesting and thorough book that covers all kinds of ways to decorate fabric emphasizing layering techniques. My favorite chapters were on mono printing with gelatin, discharging, and rubbing. Would like to see a more current, revised edition which includes Gelli Arts Gel Plates, deColourant discharge products and PhotoEZ Silkscreens (all available on desertcart). I noticed this book was published in 2008 which would explain why most of these products weren't mentioned. The gelatin method could be done much easier with the reusable Gel Plates which are easy to clean and store. And the deColourant discharge products are much nicer than the ones mentioned in the book. The Thermofax info is a bit outdated (and hard to find any more) and could be replaced with PhotoEZ Silkscreens. Other than some of the products mentioned being a bit outdated, I really liked the book. Would be great for beginners to fabric design or people looking for new ideas to be more creative. I would recommend the book overall and am happy to add it to my library of fabric design books. Inkjet Printable Cotton Fabric 25-Sheet Pack deColourant Plus Metallic Assortment 3-Pak, 2.5 oz ea. Vintage Butterflies-2 Small PhotoEZ Silkscreen Review: Has become my 'most used' book! - I love, love, love this book! Every bit of information is clear and directions for the various techniques are well written and easy to follow. The photos illustrating the instructions are exceptionally clear. And the photos of Rayna's and other artist's fabrics are inspirational. I live in Cleveland and there is a lack fiber arts teachers traveling through here, so I buy a lot of books. This is my most used book. It is what it says it is and now I'm creating fabric that I absolutely love. There aren't that many rules in Rayna's methods, which also makes it a great deal of fun! I'll be taking a class from Rayna, the first opportunity that I get!
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| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 76 Reviews |
K**R
Inspiring and Creative
A very interesting and thorough book that covers all kinds of ways to decorate fabric emphasizing layering techniques. My favorite chapters were on mono printing with gelatin, discharging, and rubbing. Would like to see a more current, revised edition which includes Gelli Arts Gel Plates, deColourant discharge products and PhotoEZ Silkscreens (all available on Amazon). I noticed this book was published in 2008 which would explain why most of these products weren't mentioned. The gelatin method could be done much easier with the reusable Gel Plates which are easy to clean and store. And the deColourant discharge products are much nicer than the ones mentioned in the book. The Thermofax info is a bit outdated (and hard to find any more) and could be replaced with PhotoEZ Silkscreens. Other than some of the products mentioned being a bit outdated, I really liked the book. Would be great for beginners to fabric design or people looking for new ideas to be more creative. I would recommend the book overall and am happy to add it to my library of fabric design books. Inkjet Printable Cotton Fabric 25-Sheet Pack deColourant Plus Metallic Assortment 3-Pak, 2.5 oz ea. Vintage Butterflies-2 Small PhotoEZ Silkscreen
G**R
Has become my 'most used' book!
I love, love, love this book! Every bit of information is clear and directions for the various techniques are well written and easy to follow. The photos illustrating the instructions are exceptionally clear. And the photos of Rayna's and other artist's fabrics are inspirational. I live in Cleveland and there is a lack fiber arts teachers traveling through here, so I buy a lot of books. This is my most used book. It is what it says it is and now I'm creating fabric that I absolutely love. There aren't that many rules in Rayna's methods, which also makes it a great deal of fun! I'll be taking a class from Rayna, the first opportunity that I get!
C**L
very interesting!
Some interesting techniques using things laying around the house or in the trash - can't wait to try them out! especially the one with jello...
J**R
Rayna Gillman Shines
I had the pleasure of meeting Rayna Gillman at a Quilting in the Desert in Phoenix this year. After seeing a gorgeous sampling of the work completed by her students, I was sorry that I had not enrolled in Gillman's class. After arriving home I did the next best thing by purchasing this how-to guide for using a variety of surface design techniques. I already possess a number of works in this area, but not so comprehensive and inspiring as this author has placed in one publication. Someday, when in a convenient location, I will manage to enroll in one of Gillman's classes, but until then this book is a more-than sufficient resource.
T**Y
Inspiring and helpful book
Really enjoying this book. I am a bit of a newbie so am getting lots of ideas from this book on how to do some of the surface designing I've always wanted to do. Can't wait to put these ideas into practice!
H**Y
Three Stars
ok
J**N
lots of information
I haven't actually tried any of the techniques in the book yet (I live in an apartment with no washer and have messy project issues), but the information included was extensive and easy to understand. The other printing on cloth books I own were, well, prissy. The techniques in here look like they would give a lot of depth to fabric and most look easy enough to use on yardage for garment construction. The author is correct; I'm now looking at discards everywhere as potential printing tools.
S**I
Excellent
Great book, instructive ,easy to follow techniques and overall an interesting read. I just finished reading it and can't wait to apply all the different techniques mentioned. As a newbie. I loved the fact that i don't need to buy expensive supplies to get me started.
A**R
Five Stars
I knew I needed it as I had had it from the library several times
C**N
référence de base
Bien qu'écrit en anglais, cet ouvrage peut convenir à tous les amateurs d'art textile car les photos sont vraiment parlantes. A consulter et reconstituer.
M**T
Inspirational
Bright, attractive, inspirational clearly written and laid out book full of exciting textile projects achievable by me!!
K**R
Five Stars
Wonderful Book, lots of great projects and ideas.
S**U
Five Stars
A dyers bible
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