Printed Birds

I thought I would share some of the work I was doing in the summer. I am working through some printing methods that I can use with my students.

I am always looking for good quality fabrics at a price my students can afford. A couple of years ago Empress Mills  introduced their Egyptian cotton bundles - they are lovely.

Here are some of the colours that I dyed the fabrics using procion dyes.

After drawing a variety of birds I prepared to transfer them to a screen for printing. I also drew some very simplified birds and created some lino blocks.

Here is a fabric printed using the lino. I printed and applied squares of fabric onto the background and then used the lino over the top ...

... and here is this year's (academic) diary with its cover.

As well as printing the birds I also made a screen containing sayings and quotes about birds. Here both screens have been printed on some green fabric.

Here are some of the items made from the fabrics ...
Small pillows - some filled with lavender

Covered journals

... and bags.