My initial response to the art displayed at the fair was of inspiration the varied pieces spaced out around the walls demonstrated to me the techniques that I could repeat for printing on textiles, silk screen, collagraph, etching all these I would like to try. I will be experimenting with mono-printing with my scarf research. The mono printed…

I taped a Vilene stencil to a screen and began printing with yellow and white acrylic paint, adding a deeper shade after each pull on the squeegee. I applied acrylic in order of = Yellow – Green – Blue – Sage green – Blue – Pink With about three or four pulls for each colour to…

  I dissolved and screen printed the velvet with ‘fibre etch’ washed out the velvet pile and naturally dyed in turmeric, berries and rose petals.By mixing the dipping this created pinks and orange shades. Final screen print with green acrylic paint.